Menagerie
[mə'nædʒ(ə)rɪ] or [mə'nædʒəri]
解释:
(noun.) the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.
(noun.) a collection of live animals for study or display.
艾莉森校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A piace where animals are kept and trained.
(n.) A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition.
手打:珀西瓦尔
解释:
n. a place for keeping wild animals for exhibition: a collection of such animals.—Also Menag′ery.
整理:塞尔瓦托
娱乐性解释:
To dream of visiting a menagerie, denotes various troubles.
雅克校对
娱乐性解释:
From Fr. melange, mixture, and Ger. riechen, to smell. A mixture of smells.
录入:泽维尔
例句:
- These camels are very much larger than the scrawny specimens one sees in the menagerie. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- A regular menagerie appeared in barn and shed, for pet animals were allowed. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Come; I have a fine menagerie of twenty here in the carré: let me place you amongst my collection. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- They were born too late to see Noah's ark, and died too soon to see our menagerie. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- There was a smell within, coming up from the floor, of tethered beasts, like the smell of a menagerie of wild animals. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Because he is a man of few words unlike me and thee and this sentimental menagerie. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- And then there was another roaring, like that of a whole menagerie when the elephant has rung the bell for the cold meat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
卡尔文校对