English abbreviation dictionary - zoo
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~ n a place, usually in a city, where animals of many kinds are kept so that people can go to look at them ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(zoos) A zoo is a park where live animals are kept so that people can look at them. He took his son Christopher to the zoo. ...the penguin pool at London Zoo. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural ~s) Etymology: short for ~logical garden Date: circa 1847 1. a. a garden or park where wild animals are kept for exhibition b. a collection of living animals usually for public display 2. a place, situation, or group marked by crowding, confusion, or unrestrained behavior the convention was a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. зоопарк 2. физ. жарг. "ядерный зоопарк" (большое число открытых фундаментальных частиц) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1847, short for Zoological Gardens of the London Zoological Society, established 1828 in Regent's Park to house the society's collection of wild animals. From comb. form of Gk. zoion "an animal," from PIE base *gwei-. Slang meaning "crowded and chaotic place" first recorded 1935. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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