menagerie
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- n. 動物園；動物展覽；（馬戲團豢養(yǎng)的）獸群
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?menageries;
中文詞源
menagerie 小動物園，私人野生動物園
來自法語menagerie,畜養(yǎng)野生動物的屋子，來自menage,家庭，居住地。引申詞義小動物園，尤指私人野生動物園。
英文詞源
- menagerie
- menagerie: see manor
- menagerie (n.)
- "collection of wild animals kept in captivity," 1712, from French ménagerie "housing for domestic animals" (16c.), from Old French manage (see menage).
雙語例句
- 1. The office is a menagerie of egotists and sycophants.
- 該辦公室乃是自私者與諂媚者匯集之處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. " Well, he certainly must have strained himself to get this menagerie together. "
- “ 我說, 他一定花了很大的氣力才搜羅到這么一大幫牛頭馬面. ”
來自英漢文學 - 蓋茨比
- 3. They followed it this time, as eager as children in sight of a circus menagerie.
- 這一次他們跟著它前進了, 那種迫切的心情就象孩子見了馬戲團里巡回動物園一樣.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
- 你可以想象一個虛構的野生動物園經(jīng)理幻想自己管理一個虛構的野生動物園 嗎 ?
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Sabu and Thriller were part of Michael Jackson's animal menagerie.
- Sabu和 Thriller是邁克爾杰克遜野生動物保護計劃的對象之一.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)