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vivarium的意思

vivarium

英 [vaɪ'veərɪəm; vɪ-] 美 [vaɪ'vɛrɪəm]
  • n. 植物园;动物园

vivarium

中文词源


vivarium 生态缸(用于饲养动物作科研用途等)

viv-,生命,活力,词源同vital,vivid。用于指生态缸。比较aquarium.

英文词源


vivarium (n.)
c. 1600, "game park," from Latin vivarium "enclosure for live game, park, warren, preserve, fish pond," noun use of neuter singular of vivarius "pertaining to living creatures," from vivus "alive, living" (see vivid). Meaning "glass bowl for studying living creatures" is from 1853.