“aviary”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

aviary

释义

aviary|ˈeɪvɪərɪ|
[ad. L. aviārium, f. avi-s bird: see -arium.]
A large cage, house, or inclosure, in which birds are kept.
1577Harrison England iii. ii. 17 Our costlie and curious aviaries.1662Fuller Worthies (1840) II. 263 Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England, for the wild fowl therein.1713Guardian No. 49 (1756) I. 215, I look on the beaus and ladies as so many paraquets in an aviary.1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 310 The more than Italian luxury of Ham, with its busts, fountains, and aviaries.
b. fig.1647Ward Simp. Cobler 9 What pity it is, that that Country..should now become the Aviary of Errors to the whole world.1810Coleridge Friend (1865) 46 The statute of libel is a vast aviary, which encages the awakening cock..no less than the babbling magpie and ominous screech-owl.

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