vivarium

/vahy-vair-ee-uhm, vi-/US // vaɪˈvɛər i əm, vɪ- //UK // (vaɪˈvɛərɪəm) //

活体馆,活体水族馆,活体水族箱,活体箱

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural vi·var·i·ums, vi·var·i·a [vahy-vair-ee-uh, vi-]. /vaɪˈvɛər i ə, vɪ-/.
- : a place, such as a laboratory, where live animals or plants are kept under conditions simulating their natural environment, as for research.

The base of the vivarium or breeding cage should never be made of tin, but always of zinc.
It is often a troublesome overrunner of the fresh-water vivarium.
The vivarium consists of eight immense arches two stories high, formed from blocks of travertine.
Fishermen, when returning from the northern fishery, generally find their vivarium full of these graceful vermin.
Mr. Jesse says, that those in his vivarium throw off all reserve at the sight of a cockchafer, which they devour with eagerness.