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单词 menagerie
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menagerie

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me·nag·er·ie

M0213700 (mə-năj′ə-rē, -năzh′-)n.1. a. A collection of live wild animals on exhibition.b. The place where such animals are kept.2. A diverse or miscellaneous group.
[French ménagerie, from Old French mesnage, ménage; see ménage.]

menagerie

(mɪˈnædʒərɪ) n1. (Zoology) a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition2. (Zoology) the place where such animals are housed[C18: from French: household management, which formerly included care of domestic animals. See ménage]

me•nag•er•ie

(məˈnædʒ ə ri, -ˈnæʒ-)

n. 1. a collection of wild or unusual animals, esp. for exhibition. 2. a place where they are kept or exhibited. 3. an unusual and varied group of people. [1705–15; < French: literally, housekeeping. See ménage, -ery]

Menagerie

 a collection of wild or foreign animals; an aviary, 1712.Examples: menageries of live peers in Parliament, 1850; of pheasants, 1830.
Thesaurus
Noun1.menagerie - a collection of live animals for study or displayaggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
2.menagerie - the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibitionmenagerie - the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibitionzoo, zoological gardenfacility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
Translations
动物园

menagerie

(miˈnӕdʒəri) noun (a place for keeping) a collection of wild animals. 一群野生動物,動物園 动物园

menagerie

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menagerie

1. a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition 2. the place where such animals are housed

Menagerie

 

a collection of wild animals kept in cages and intended for exhibition. Menageries go back to the time of the Assyrian and Babylonian kings, the Egyptian pharaohs, and the ancient Persian rulers. In Europe, menageries were associated with the ancient Roman circuses; their animals were used to persecute people.

In the late 18th century and early 19th, traveling menageries owned by private entrepreneurs began to appear in various European countries, including Russia. They exhibited for purely commercial purposes what were considered the “wonders” of the animal world—for example, elephants, lions, tigers, monkeys, bears, crocodiles, peacocks, boa constrictors, and parrots. These menageries were essentially amusement enterprises, and they have been eliminated in the USSR. Menageries were the precursors of zoological gardens.

menagerie

enUK
  • noun

Synonyms for menagerie

noun a collection of live animals for study or display

Related Words

  • aggregation
  • collection
  • accumulation
  • assemblage

noun the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

Synonyms

  • zoo
  • zoological garden

Related Words

  • facility
  • installation
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