单词 | menagerie |
释义 | menagerie/məˈnadʒ(ə)ri![]() noun A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition.He is a ‘country boy at heart’, a farmer's son from just outside the Lanarkshire town, who grew up among a bizarre menagerie of animals that he refers to as ‘a crazy sort of petting zoo’ and that include two ostriches....
OriginLate 17th century: from French ménagerie, from ménage (see ménage). |
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