| 单词 | butterfly farm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterfly farm butterfly farm n. a place (typically a glass enclosure, area of a park, etc.) providing a suitable environment for butterflies to be bred, reared, or exhibited, variously as a public attraction, for research, or for sale. ΚΠ 1887 Country Gentleman 22 Oct. 1418/1 Why, if such daring deeds were to take place any day on the turf as occur every morning on the Stock Exchange the Jockey Club would have to warn everybody off and turn their establishments into butterfly farms. 1892 Spectator 2 Apr. 460/1 His garden was soon turned into a butterfly-farm. 1966 Country Life 22 Sept. 732/1 On their butterfly farm in Dorset they raise many fascinating and exotic species of butterfly. 2003 P. Thomas & A. Vaitlingam Jamaica: Rough Guide (ed. 3) 354 Plans are afoot to create a butterfly farm here, too; the owners hope to start a breeding programme for Jamaica's giant swallowtail butterflies. < as lemmas |
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