menagerie
/mɪˈnædʒərɪ/noun
1- a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition总称(兽笼中供展览的)野生动物。
1.1
- figurative a strange or diverse collection of people or things〈喻〉无奇不有的一群人(或物); 各色齐备的一堆(或一批)东西:
some other specimen in the television menagerie.
形形色色电视节目中的另一个样品。
词源
late 17th cent.: from French ménagerie, from ménage (see MÉNAGE).