menagerie
英 [m?'n?d?(?)r?]
美[m?'n?d??ri]
- n. 動物園;動物展覽;(馬戲團豢養的)獸群
詞態變化
復數:?menageries;
中文詞源
menagerie 小動物園,私人野生動物園
來自法語menagerie,畜養野生動物的屋子,來自menage,家庭,居住地。引申詞義小動物園,尤指私人野生動物園。
英文詞源
- menagerie
- menagerie: see manor
- menagerie (n.)
- "collection of wild animals kept in captivity," 1712, from French ménagerie "housing for domestic animals" (16c.), from Old French manage (see menage).
雙語例句
- 1. The office is a menagerie of egotists and sycophants.
- 該辦公室乃是自私者與諂媚者匯集之處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. " Well, he certainly must have strained himself to get this menagerie together. "
- “ 我說, 他一定花了很大的氣力才搜羅到這么一大幫牛頭馬面. ”
來自英漢文學 - 蓋茨比
- 3. They followed it this time, as eager as children in sight of a circus menagerie.
- 這一次他們跟著它前進了, 那種迫切的心情就象孩子見了馬戲團里巡回動物園一樣.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
- 你可以想象一個虛構的野生動物園經理幻想自己管理一個虛構的野生動物園 嗎 ?
來自互聯網
- 5. Sabu and Thriller were part of Michael Jackson's animal menagerie.
- Sabu和 Thriller是邁克爾杰克遜野生動物保護計劃的對象之一.
來自互聯網