aquarium
名词 n.
美 /əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/|/-ɛɹiəm/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
- A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.
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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂
Proto-Italic *akʷā
Latin aqua
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -ārius
Latin aquāriumbor.
English aquarium
Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua + -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius. Also claimed to be coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, as a blend of aquatic + vivarium.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂
Proto-Italic *akʷā
Latin aqua
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -ārius
Latin aquāriumbor.
English aquarium
Borrowed from Latin aquārium, neuter of aquārius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua + -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius. Also claimed to be coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, as a blend of aquatic + vivarium.
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