menagerie

• n. 动物园；动物展览；（马戏团豢养的）兽群

1. a collection of live animals for study or display

2. the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

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.

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" 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. ”

英汉文学 - 盖茨比

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.

辞典例句

Menagerie , Laura Wingfield suffers severe inferiority complex caused by her physical disability.

温费尔德由于身体残疾而产生了严重的自卑情结.

互联网

来自法语menagerie,畜养野生动物的屋子，来自menage,家庭，居住地。引申词义小动物园，尤指私人野生动物园。

1. 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.

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2. " 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. ”

来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比

3. 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.

来自辞典例句

4. Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

你可以想象一个虚构的野生动物园经理幻想自己管理一个虚构的野生动物园 吗 ?

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5. Sabu and Thriller were part of Michael Jackson's animal menagerie.

Sabu和 Thriller是迈克尔杰克逊野生动物保护计划的对象之一.

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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).