Word · Frequency #25791
aviary
大型鸟舍；鸟类饲养场
a building where birds are kept
- 1.
A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.
大型鸟舍；鸟类饲养场
In use
The zoo's new aviary lets visitors walk among the tropical birds.
She volunteers at the aviary every weekend, cleaning the cages and feeding the parrots.
The injured falcon will stay in the aviary until it can fly again.
an aviary
aviary 是可数名词，单数前通常需要加冠词。
The zoo has an aviary with tropical birds.
动物园里有一个饲养热带鸟类的鸟舍。
in the aviary
表示“在鸟舍里”时，常用介词 in。
The parrots are kept in the aviary.
这些鹦鹉养在鸟舍里。
aviaries
复数形式为 aviaries，注意以 y 结尾的词变复数时把 y 改为 i 再加 es。
The park has several large aviaries.
这座公园有几个大型鸟舍。
Common mistakes
The zoo has many aviarys for different kinds of birds.The zoo has many aviaries for different kinds of birds.
aviary 的复数形式是把 y 变 i 加 es，即 aviaries，不能直接加 s 变成 aviarys。这里 many 后需要用复数。
I saw aviary in the park this morning.I saw an aviary in the park this morning.
aviary 是可数名词单数，在句中第一次提到时需要加冠词 an（因为发音以元音开头）。中文没有冠词概念，容易漏掉。
Connections
Collocations
- large aviary
- 大型鸟舍
- They built a large aviary in the city park to shelter rescued parrots.他们在城市公园里建了一个大型鸟舍，用来收容获救的鹦鹉。
- outdoor aviary
- 室外鸟舍
- The zoo's outdoor aviary lets visitors walk among free-flying birds.动物园的室外鸟舍让游客可以在自由飞翔的鸟儿之间穿行。
- walk-in aviary
- 步入式鸟舍
- Children love the walk-in aviary, where birds land on their hands for seeds.孩子们很喜欢步入式鸟舍，那里的小鸟会落在他们手上吃种子。
- build an aviary
- 建造鸟舍
- We decided to build an aviary in our garden to keep finches.我们决定在花园里建一个鸟舍来养雀鸟。
- indoor aviary
- 室内鸟舍
- The pet store keeps its parrots in a climate-controlled indoor aviary.宠物店把鹦鹉养在温控的室内鸟舍里。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：把Avi看作一只小鸟，-ary看作一个大房子——小鸟的大房子就是大型鸟舍。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：zoos、bird parks、wildlife sanctuaries 多用于动物园、鸟类公园等正式场合，指大型鸟舍或鸟类饲养场。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common English word is an exact rhyme of /ˈeɪvjəri/. The words below are spelling/pattern matches: apiary and aviator share the spelling and the initial /eɪ/ vowel, but their endings differ, so they do not rhyme. vary and library are spelling traps: vary is pronounced /ˈvɛəri/ and library /ˈlaɪbrəri/, not the same as aviary.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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