Definition of vivarium in English:

vivarium

nounPlural vivaria vɪˈvɛːrɪəmvʌɪˈvɛːrɪəmˌvaɪˈvɛriəm

An enclosure, container, or structure adapted or prepared for keeping animals under semi-natural conditions for observation or study or as pets; an aquarium or terrarium.
Example sentencesExamples
- In most research settings, observers sit in the dark watching an illuminated vivarium, peer through gauzy curtains, or observe by means of remote video surveillance.
- Because there was no temperature control in the vivarium the animal would have suffered distress as its body heat decreased.
- Each individual, in its own compartment of a large vivarium behaves like a dominant, selecting high perches and courting when a female is introduced.
- A small number of test animals for this project are already in the vivarium.
- But this iguana is in good condition, which leads me to think it has escaped from a vivarium, rather than having been abandoned.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin, literally 'warren, fish pond', from vivus 'living', from vivere 'to live'.

Rhymes

aquarium, armamentarium, barium, caldarium, cinerarium, columbarium, dolphinarium, frigidarium, herbarium, honorarium, planetarium, rosarium, sanitarium, solarium, sudarium, tepidarium, terrarium

Definition of vivarium in US English:

vivarium

nounˌvaɪˈvɛriəmˌvīˈverēəm

An enclosure, container, or structure adapted or prepared for keeping animals under seminatural conditions for observation or study or as pets; an aquarium or terrarium.
Example sentencesExamples
- Because there was no temperature control in the vivarium the animal would have suffered distress as its body heat decreased.
- A small number of test animals for this project are already in the vivarium.
- But this iguana is in good condition, which leads me to think it has escaped from a vivarium, rather than having been abandoned.
- Each individual, in its own compartment of a large vivarium behaves like a dominant, selecting high perches and courting when a female is introduced.
- In most research settings, observers sit in the dark watching an illuminated vivarium, peer through gauzy curtains, or observe by means of remote video surveillance.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘warren, fish pond’, from vivus ‘living’, from vivere ‘to live’.

单词	vivarium
释义	Definition of vivarium in English: vivarium nounPlural vivaria vɪˈvɛːrɪəmvʌɪˈvɛːrɪəmˌvaɪˈvɛriəm An enclosure, container, or structure adapted or prepared for keeping animals under semi-natural conditions for observation or study or as pets; an aquarium or terrarium. Example sentencesExamples In most research settings, observers sit in the dark watching an illuminated vivarium, peer through gauzy curtains, or observe by means of remote video surveillance. Because there was no temperature control in the vivarium the animal would have suffered distress as its body heat decreased. Each individual, in its own compartment of a large vivarium behaves like a dominant, selecting high perches and courting when a female is introduced. A small number of test animals for this project are already in the vivarium. But this iguana is in good condition, which leads me to think it has escaped from a vivarium, rather than having been abandoned. Origin Early 17th century: from Latin, literally 'warren, fish pond', from vivus 'living', from vivere 'to live'. Rhymes aquarium, armamentarium, barium, caldarium, cinerarium, columbarium, dolphinarium, frigidarium, herbarium, honorarium, planetarium, rosarium, sanitarium, solarium, sudarium, tepidarium, terrarium Definition of vivarium in US English: vivarium nounˌvaɪˈvɛriəmˌvīˈverēəm An enclosure, container, or structure adapted or prepared for keeping animals under seminatural conditions for observation or study or as pets; an aquarium or terrarium. Example sentencesExamples Because there was no temperature control in the vivarium the animal would have suffered distress as its body heat decreased. A small number of test animals for this project are already in the vivarium. But this iguana is in good condition, which leads me to think it has escaped from a vivarium, rather than having been abandoned. Each individual, in its own compartment of a large vivarium behaves like a dominant, selecting high perches and courting when a female is introduced. In most research settings, observers sit in the dark watching an illuminated vivarium, peer through gauzy curtains, or observe by means of remote video surveillance. Origin Early 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘warren, fish pond’, from vivus ‘living’, from vivere ‘to live’.
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