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单词 dolphinarium
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dolphinariumn.

/dɒlfɪˈnɛːrɪəm/
Forms: Plural dolphinaria, dolphinariums.
Etymology: < dolphin n. + -arium (in aquarium n.): compare oceanarium n., seaquarium n.
A large aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained, usually for public entertainment.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > aquarium
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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).
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