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单词 vivary
释义

vivaryn.

/ˈvʌɪvəri/
Forms: Also 1600s vivarie.
Etymology: < Latin vīvārium vivarium n.: see -ary suffix1. Compare also viver n.1 and vivier n.
1.
a. = vivarium n. 2. Also figurative. Now rare or Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun]
vivarya1631
vivariumc1660
menagerie1676
zoological garden1827
zoological1831
zoo1835
park1887
paradise1900
petting zoo1965
a1631 J. Donne Progresse of Soule iii, in Poems (1633) 2 That swimming Colledge, and free Hospitall Of all mankinde, that cage and vivarie, Of fowles, and beasts.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 140 Slaves..who have no other office then to hunt the Woods and Marshes for triple-coloured tortoises for the Kings Vivary.
1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria (Plan) sig. bv Of Aviaries, Apiaries, Vivaries, Insects, &c.
1865 Reader No. 139. 233/1 Our marine-water vivaries.
b. = vivarium n. 2b. rare.
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1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 269 I spent a fortnight at the house of a friend where there was such a vivary.
2. = vivarium n. 1. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-pond or -tank
fish-poolc950
fish-housec1000
viverc1330
stew1387
piscinaa1398
piscinea1400
fishpondc1440
trunk1440
moat1463
stagnec1470
servatorya1475
viviera1500
fish-stew1552
vivarium1600
shut1605
fish-stove1615
keep1617
estang1628
vivarya1634
nursery1772
preserve1849
whalerya1880
fish tank1957
a1634 E. Coke 2nd Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1642) 100 Vivarium..in Law..signifieth Parks, Warrens, and Pischaries or Fishings... They might imprison such as they should take in their Parks or Vivaries.
1659 C. Noble Inexpediency of Exped. 4 The Remedy that is prescribed is the very Seed and Sperm, the very Nursery, and Fomenter, and Vivary of that difference.
1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) . [Hence in Phillips, Bailey, etc.]
1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. iii. 140 There was a pond, or vivary, in the garden, and the bailiff expended eight shillings..to feed the pikes in it.
1858 W. Johnson Ionica 60 In stagnant vivaries they lie Forgetful of their ancient haunts.
1863 J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains I. 191 The monks converted a marsh into a vivary which may still be traced.
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