| 释义 |
dolphinarium|dɒlfɪˈnɛərɪəm|
Pl. -ia, -iums.
[f. dolphin + aquarium: cf. oceanarium, seaquarium.]
A large aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained, usu. for public entertainment.
1969Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 20/4 A 650-seat ‘dolphinarium’, where the public can watch performing dolphins and seals, may be built at Greenwich pier. 1971New Scientist 15 Apr. 175/1 One can't help but have a nagging doubt about the possible consequences of this rise in dolphinaria. 1977Navy News Aug. 1 (caption) S.S. Dolphin, the new dolphinarium, was officially opened by Cdr. Graham Laslett. 1979Washington Post 3 June e3/4 We..should be learning from it rather than using it largely as a trained animal act to please crowds at dolphinariums. 1981Times 16 Apr. 3/1 Two dolphins [which] arrived safely at Heathrow airport yesterday..will go on show at a dolphinarium near Liverpool. 1984Daily Tel. 26 Mar. 3/3 A large number of dolphins and killer whales imported into Britain to perform tricks in dolphinaria die after only a short time in captivity. |