zoo

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /zʉw/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A park where live animals are exhibited. countable
    — The London Zoo was built in 1828.
  2. Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic. countable,figuratively,informal
    — The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.
  3. A large and varied collection of something. countable,figuratively,informal
    — After his insightful book The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, Spoto published The Dark Side of Genius, a portrayal of the elderly director as a lonely man who was a veritable zoo of desires, suspicions, fears, and addictions (food, drink, romantic infatuation, and filmmaking).
  4. The jungle. US,countable,slang
    — I'm not all that unhappy about being out on an actual patrol, but there's a worried feeling wandering around the back of my mind, not exactly fear, more like a sort of lurking anxiety at being out in the dreaded jungle, the zoo, where the enemy hides.
  5. Clipping of zoophile. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,countable,informal
    — Zoophiles, or 'zoos,' are sexually and emotionally attracted to animals, as in a sexual orientation.
  6. Clipping of zoophile.; Pornographic material depicting actual animals or bestiality. broadly,informal,uncountable

词形变化

zoos plural

词汇关系

衍生词
goo to you by way of the zoo human zoo like feeding time at the zoo minizoo morning zoo particle zoo petting zoo safari zoo who's who in the zoo zoo animal zoo blot zoo break zoo format zoo plane zoothanasia zoothanize
相关词
zoo- zooey zooish zoolike zoologist zoology

词源

Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology.
* Sense 5 is a clipping of zoophile or zoophilia.
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