Reader's Digest 3月号のCLEAN FREAKという記事に以前なにかの小説に出てきて覚えた "menagerie" が使われています。このブログで取り上げた気がするのですが、記録にないので今回取り上げます。記事は微生物についての話です。
Scientists are now focusing their attention on the "microbiome" - the menagerie of microbes that reside inside, and on, our bodies.
小説に出てきたのは、うろ覚えですが、見世物のための動物を飼っている場面だったと思います。
・Collins Dictionary: 1.a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition 2.the place where such animals are housed: A noisy budgie and tropical fish tank complete the menagerie.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
1a: a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition b: a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition: a menagerie of rare creatures
2: a varied mixture: a menagerie of comedians ? TV Guide
・Vocabulary.com: A menagerie (pronounced muh-NA-juh-ree, with NA as in "national") is a collection of live animals that people visit, study, or keep as pets. If you really want a backyard menagerie of farm animals after visiting the petting zoo, take a long sniff and remember what comes with them.
Pet lovers can have a menagerie of cats, dogs, and birds or exotic animals such as snakes, ferrets, and piranhas. Zoos have animal collections like the menagerie of sea creatures in the aquarium and the swinging apes in the jungle menagerie. And a science or medical center may have a menagerie of rats for studying behavior. If you want a menagerie, an ant farm is a good one: lots of animals in a container, always working, and never stinking up the place.
"menagerie of ..." とすると、動物以外の collection にも使えるようです。 語源辞典を見ると古い仏語由来だと分かりました。
・Online Etymology Dictionary: collection of wild animals kept in captivity," 1712, from French ménagerie "housing for domestic animals" (16c.), from Old French manage
Scientists are now focusing their attention on the "microbiome" - the menagerie of microbes that reside inside, and on, our bodies.
小説に出てきたのは、うろ覚えですが、見世物のための動物を飼っている場面だったと思います。
・Collins Dictionary: 1.a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition 2.the place where such animals are housed: A noisy budgie and tropical fish tank complete the menagerie.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
1a: a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition b: a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition: a menagerie of rare creatures
2: a varied mixture: a menagerie of comedians ? TV Guide
・Vocabulary.com: A menagerie (pronounced muh-NA-juh-ree, with NA as in "national") is a collection of live animals that people visit, study, or keep as pets. If you really want a backyard menagerie of farm animals after visiting the petting zoo, take a long sniff and remember what comes with them.
Pet lovers can have a menagerie of cats, dogs, and birds or exotic animals such as snakes, ferrets, and piranhas. Zoos have animal collections like the menagerie of sea creatures in the aquarium and the swinging apes in the jungle menagerie. And a science or medical center may have a menagerie of rats for studying behavior. If you want a menagerie, an ant farm is a good one: lots of animals in a container, always working, and never stinking up the place.
"menagerie of ..." とすると、動物以外の collection にも使えるようです。 語源辞典を見ると古い仏語由来だと分かりました。
・Online Etymology Dictionary: collection of wild animals kept in captivity," 1712, from French ménagerie "housing for domestic animals" (16c.), from Old French manage
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