menagerie
英 [m?'n?d?(?)r?]
美[m?'n?d??ri]
- n. 動(dòng)物園；動(dòng)物展覽；（馬戲團(tuán)豢養(yǎng)的）獸群
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?menageries;
中文詞源
menagerie 小動(dòng)物園，私人野生動(dòng)物園
來(lái)自法語(yǔ)menagerie,畜養(yǎng)野生動(dòng)物的屋子，來(lái)自menage,家庭，居住地。引申詞義小動(dòng)物園，尤指私人野生動(dòng)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(yǔ)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(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. " Well, he certainly must have strained himself to get this menagerie together. "
- “ 我說(shuō), 他一定花了很大的氣力才搜羅到這么一大幫牛頭馬面. ”
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 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(jìn)了, 那種迫切的心情就象孩子見(jiàn)了馬戲團(tuán)里巡回動(dòng)物園一樣.
來(lái)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(gè)虛構(gòu)的野生動(dòng)物園經(jīng)理幻想自己管理一個(gè)虛構(gòu)的野生動(dòng)物園 嗎 ?
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- 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(dòng)物保護(hù)計(jì)劃的對(duì)象之一.
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