单词 | dolphinarium |
释义 | dolphinariumn. A large aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained, usually for public entertainment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > aquarium vivarium1853 aquarium1854 tank1854 whalerya1880 oceanarium1938 seaquarium1955 marineland1963 dolphinarium1969 1969 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 20/4 A 650-seat ‘dolphinarium’, where the public can watch performing dolphins and seals, may be built at Greenwich pier. 1971 New Scientist 15 Apr. 175/1 One can't help but have a nagging doubt about the possible consequences of this rise in dolphinaria. 1977 Navy News Aug. 1 (caption) S.S. Dolphin, the new dolphinarium, was officially opened by Cdr. Graham Laslett. 1979 Washington 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. 1981 Times 16 Apr. 3/1 Two dolphins [which] arrived safely at Heathrow airport yesterday..will go on show at a dolphinarium near Liverpool. 1984 Daily 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1969 |
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