menagerie

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /məˈnædʒəri/|/məˈnæʒəri/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
  2. The enclosure where they are kept.
    — In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.
  3. A diverse or miscellaneous group.
    — [Brigitte] Bardot, the stunning, desirable beauty who once stood for sexual freedom for women, spent the latter part of her life at her home near Saint Tropez with her husband and a menagerie of pets.
  4. The orchestra of a theatre. obsolete,slang

词形变化

menageries plural ménagerie alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
menagerist
相关词
aviary conservatory

词源

From French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.
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