menagerie是什么意思？

menagerie

英[məˈnædʒəri] 美[məˈnædʒəri, -ˈnæʒ-]

• n. 小动物园；

复数：menageries;

例句

• They followed it this time, as eager as children in sight of a circus menagerie. 这一次他们跟着它前进了, 那种迫切的心情就象孩子见了马戏团里巡回动物园一样.
• " Well, he certainly must have strained himself to get this menagerie together. " “ 我说, 他一定花了很大的气力才搜罗到这么一大帮牛头马面. ”
• The office is a menagerie of egotists and sycophants. 该办公室乃是自私者与谄媚者汇集之处.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (私人豢养或向公众展览的)一群野生动物
  A menagerie is a collection of wild animals.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a collection of live animals for study or display
  2. the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition