monkey housen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪ haʊs/, U.S.

/ˈməŋki ˌhaʊs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., house n.¹

Etymology: < monkey n. + house n.¹

1. A building at a zoo, etc., in which monkeys are kept.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > monkey-house

monkey house1834

1834 List of Animals in Gardens of Zool. Soc. 23 A short distance east from the monkey house.

1854 Zoologist 12 4283 The monkey-house has been subjected to a course of cleansing.

1897 B. Stoker Dracula xi. 140 I was makin' up a litter in the monkey-house for a young puma which is ill.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 6 Feb. 6/3 A specimen of the Hocheur monkey is among the new inmates of the Monkey House.

1911 Rep. Board of Dir., Zool. Soc. Philadelphia 23 Because of cases of tuberculosis in the Monkey House 16 animals have been returned.

1993 Transition No. 60. 185/3 (caption) As visitors were not permitted to bring cameras onto Bronx Zoo grounds, no photos of Ota Benga in the Monkey House exist.

2001 F. Thirkell & B. Scullion Frank Gowen's Vancouver: 1914–1931 76/1 The walk from the car stop to important places like the monkey house and the bear pits was a fairly long one for small fry.

2. colloquial (frequently humorous). A building, institution, etc., characterized by anarchy, folly, or ceaseless activity. Also: an institution in which people are kept locked up, spec. a secure psychiatric hospital or prison.

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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital for the mentally ill

bedlam-house1525

dull-house1622

madhouse1649

bedlam1663

lunatic hospital1762

asylum1776

retreat1796

lunatic house1813

lunatic asylum1828

maison de santé1843

idiot asylum1848

rat house1854

bughouse1887

Colney Hatch1891

booby hatch1896

mental hospital1898

booby house1900

nut factory1900

nut collegec1906

nuthouse1906

monkey house1910

booby-hutch1914

nuttery1915

loony bin1919

nut hatch1928

silly house1930

bin1938

snake-pit1947

funny farm1950

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a scene or place of confusion

Troy-banea1520

Troy-towna1520

whirlpool?1529

Babel1537

whirlwind1714

jungle1850

morass1867

Troy-fair1870

three-ring circus1898

monkey house1910

madhouse1917

amateur night1937

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement

lockOE

prisona1200

jailc1400

pinfoldc1400

mewa1425

pounda1500

coop1579

confine1603

stockade1865

monkey house1910

1910 M. Pemberton Capt. Black in Chums 14 Sept. 2/1 Ahoy, old Thunder, and what monkey-house let you loose?

1914 ‘I. Hay’ Knight on Wheels (ed. 2) xxiii. 221 The rooms..were described by the agent and Timothy as ‘a lovely little bachelor suite’ and ‘a self-contained monkey-house’ respectively.

1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xvii. 246 The world would soon be a..bear-garden..and a monkey-house.

1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages ix. 131 It's up to the few sahibs like him in that damned monkey-house at Westminster to make a row about it.

1983 ‘J. Cain’ Saigon Commandos 93 A C.I.D. agent... Who had he come to take back to the Monkey House?

1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 38/2 The admirably sour John Crosbie may soon quit the monkey house [sc. the Canadian Parliament].

2012 M. Mazower Governing World viii. 222 Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson..came at some point in 1946 to regard the UN as ‘the monkey house’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monkey house
释义	monkey housen. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪ haʊs/, U.S. /ˈməŋki ˌhaʊs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., house n.¹ Etymology: < monkey n. + house n.¹ 1. A building at a zoo, etc., in which monkeys are kept. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > monkey-house monkey house1834 1834 List of Animals in Gardens of Zool. Soc. 23 A short distance east from the monkey house. 1854 Zoologist 12 4283 The monkey-house has been subjected to a course of cleansing. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xi. 140 I was makin' up a litter in the monkey-house for a young puma which is ill. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 6 Feb. 6/3 A specimen of the Hocheur monkey is among the new inmates of the Monkey House. 1911 Rep. Board of Dir., Zool. Soc. Philadelphia 23 Because of cases of tuberculosis in the Monkey House 16 animals have been returned. 1993 Transition No. 60. 185/3 (caption) As visitors were not permitted to bring cameras onto Bronx Zoo grounds, no photos of Ota Benga in the Monkey House exist. 2001 F. Thirkell & B. Scullion Frank Gowen's Vancouver: 1914–1931 76/1 The walk from the car stop to important places like the monkey house and the bear pits was a fairly long one for small fry. 2. colloquial (frequently humorous). A building, institution, etc., characterized by anarchy, folly, or ceaseless activity. Also: an institution in which people are kept locked up, spec. a secure psychiatric hospital or prison. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital for the mentally ill bedlam-house1525 dull-house1622 madhouse1649 bedlam1663 lunatic hospital1762 asylum1776 retreat1796 lunatic house1813 lunatic asylum1828 maison de santé1843 idiot asylum1848 rat house1854 bughouse1887 Colney Hatch1891 booby hatch1896 mental hospital1898 booby house1900 nut factory1900 nut collegec1906 nuthouse1906 monkey house1910 booby-hutch1914 nuttery1915 loony bin1919 nut hatch1928 silly house1930 bin1938 snake-pit1947 funny farm1950 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a scene or place of confusion Troy-banea1520 Troy-towna1520 whirlpool?1529 Babel1537 whirlwind1714 jungle1850 morass1867 Troy-fair1870 three-ring circus1898 monkey house1910 madhouse1917 amateur night1937 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement lockOE prisona1200 jailc1400 pinfoldc1400 mewa1425 pounda1500 coop1579 confine1603 stockade1865 monkey house1910 1910 M. Pemberton Capt. Black in Chums 14 Sept. 2/1 Ahoy, old Thunder, and what monkey-house let you loose? 1914 ‘I. Hay’ Knight on Wheels (ed. 2) xxiii. 221 The rooms..were described by the agent and Timothy as ‘a lovely little bachelor suite’ and ‘a self-contained monkey-house’ respectively. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xvii. 246 The world would soon be a..bear-garden..and a monkey-house. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages ix. 131 It's up to the few sahibs like him in that damned monkey-house at Westminster to make a row about it. 1983 ‘J. Cain’ Saigon Commandos 93 A C.I.D. agent... Who had he come to take back to the Monkey House? 1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 38/2 The admirably sour John Crosbie may soon quit the monkey house [sc. the Canadian Parliament]. 2012 M. Mazower Governing World viii. 222 Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson..came at some point in 1946 to regard the UN as ‘the monkey house’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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