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单词 animal sanctuary
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animal sanctuary
animal sanctuary n. (a) an area of land set aside as a secure habitat where (endangered or rare) animals can live and breed; a reserve; (b) an establishment for the care and protection of abused, neglected, or abandoned animals; an animal refuge.
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1901 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 78/1 The four animal sanctuaries..have succeeded under sufficiently marked differences of soil, climate and situation to encourage any one who may contemplate establishing yet another reserve in no matter what district.
1956 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 9 Apr. 8/7 ‘We established down here a refuge for stray cats and dogs.’..Special features of the animal sanctuary are central heating and meals prepared by the chef of the Hotel De Paris.
1992 ‘J. Herriot’ Every Living Thing (1993) 343 There were always better days ahead for the abandoned dogs at Sister Rose's little animal sanctuary.
2009 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 11 Dec. (State ed.) (Features section) 81 More than 1000ha of land has been developed as an animal sanctuary including five major habitat exhibits.
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