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visit an aquarium
We visited the aquarium yesterday.
我们昨天参观了水族馆。
水族馆；养鱼缸
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
水族馆；养鱼缸
a glass tank or bowl filled with water, in which live fish and other aquatic animals and plants are kept
We visited the aquarium yesterday.
我们昨天参观了水族馆。
用于养活鱼或其他水生动物的水箱,通常由玻璃制成
A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
饲养活鱼和水下动物的水箱、水池或水缸
a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
展示活鱼和其他水生动物的公共场所
A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.
The children spent the whole afternoon watching the colorful fish in the aquarium.
孩子们整个下午都在水族馆里看五颜六色的鱼。
We bought a small aquarium to keep tropical fish at home.
我们买了一个小水族箱在家养热带鱼。
The aquarium's new exhibit features a giant octopus.
水族馆的新展览有一只巨型章鱼。
We visited the aquarium yesterday.
我们昨天参观了水族馆。
She keeps tropical fish in her aquarium.
她在她的鱼缸里养热带鱼。
He cleans the aquarium every two weeks.
他每两周清理一次鱼缸。
The aquarium of glass is very large.
那个玻璃鱼缸非常大。
Not this
I went to aquarium yesterday.
Use this
I went to an aquarium yesterday.
中文中“水族馆”作为泛指时前不加冠词，但英语中可数名词单数前必须加不定冠词或定冠词，此处应使用不定冠词an。
Not this
There are many aquarium in the city.
Use this
There are many aquariums in the city.
英语中可数名词复数需要加-s或-es，aquarium的复数形式为aquariums（或aquaria），此处谓语动词are也提示主语应为复数。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
公共水族馆
We visited the public aquarium last weekend.
上周末我们参观了公共水族馆。
热带水族箱
He keeps a tropical aquarium with neon tetras.
他养了一个热带水族箱，里面有霓虹灯鱼。
观赏鱼
Aquarium fish require careful feeding.
观赏鱼需要精心喂养。
水族箱
She cleaned the aquarium tank thoroughly.
她彻底清洗了水族箱。
海水水族箱
Maintaining a saltwater aquarium is challenging.
维护海水水族箱很有挑战性。
Use aquarium naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个水族箱，里面装满水（aqua），鱼在游，记住aquarium就是水的地方。
Neutral; typical settings include home fish tanks, public aquarium exhibits, and laboratory fish tanks.
复数形式为aquaria
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