Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #5913
aquariums
水族馆；养鱼缸
aquariums is the plural of aquarium.
a glass tank or bowl filled with water, in which live fish and other aquatic animals and plants are kept
- 1.
A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
用于养活鱼或其他水生动物的水箱,通常由玻璃制成
- 2.
a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
饲养活鱼和水下动物的水箱、水池或水缸
- 3.
A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.
展示活鱼和其他水生动物的公共场所
用于养活鱼或其他水生动物的水箱,通常由玻璃制成；饲养活鱼和水下动物的水箱、水池或水缸；展示活鱼和其他水生动物的公共场所；水族馆；养鱼池
In use
The children spent the whole afternoon watching the colorful fish in the aquarium.
We bought a small aquarium to keep tropical fish at home.
The aquarium's new exhibit features a giant octopus.
visit an aquarium
We visited the aquarium yesterday.
我们昨天参观了水族馆。
keep fish in an aquarium
She keeps tropical fish in her aquarium.
她在她的鱼缸里养热带鱼。
clean the aquarium
He cleans the aquarium every two weeks.
Connections
Collocations
- public aquarium
- 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。
- tropical aquarium
- 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。
- aquarium fish
- 观赏鱼
- Aquarium fish require careful feeding.观赏鱼需要精心喂养。
- aquarium tank
- 水族箱
- She cleaned the aquarium tank thoroughly.她彻底清洗了水族箱。
- saltwater aquarium
- 海水水族箱
- Maintaining a saltwater aquarium is challenging.维护海水水族箱很有挑战性。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
Neutral; typical settings include home fish tanks, public aquarium exhibits, and laboratory fish tanks.
Grammar Note
复数形式为aquaria
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in '-arium' that are stressed on the '-ar-' syllable (planetarium, solarium, terrarium, vivarium) rhyme with 'aquarium'. Note: 'auditorium' ends in '-arium' but has a different stressed vowel (/ɔː/ vs. /ɛ/), so it does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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