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单词 snake house
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snake house
snake house n. a building, esp. in a zoo, for housing and exhibiting snakes; cf. serpentarium n.
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1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xix. 370 The Snake-House [Du. Slangenhuis]..is situated about two Miles from the King's Village, and built under a very beautiful lofty Tree, In which (say they) the chief and largest of all the Snakes resides.
1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 27 Jan. 109 Holland, the intelligent and obliging keeper of the snake-house, was made aware, by the excitement of the visitors, that something unusual was going on.
1979 A. Jute Reverse Negative (1980) 225 I thought of the snake house at London Zoo.
2011 Penrith (Austral.) Press (Nexis) 11 Feb. (Features section) 91 We were taken to a snake house. The handler showed us cages and underground mini bunker-like storage areas which held a range of snakes.
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