termitariumn.

Brit.

/ˌtəːmᵻˈtɛːrɪəm/, U.S.

/ˌtərməˈtɛriəm/

Inflections: Plural termitaria, termitariums.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: termite n., -arium suffix.

Etymology: < termite n. + -arium suffix, after formicarium n. Compare earlier termitary n.

1. A termite colony or nest, esp. one of the very large, architecturally complex mounds made by certain tropical termites; (also) an artificial, usually glass-sided container used to house termites for scientific study; = termitary n. 1.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Isoptera > member(s) of (termites) > nest

anthill1781

termitary1826

termite hill1835

termite mound1854

termitarium1855

termite heap1867

1855 Trans. Royal Entomol. Soc. 8 166 The spacious tubular cavities which always traverse these old Termitaria from the summit to the base.

1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. i. 63 The endless ramified galleries of which a Termitarium is composed.

1889 Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 8 102 Device of Eutermes to escape from a glass jar, in Mr Beaumont's Termitarium, by coating the inner surface of the glass with cement, supplied from the eductors of the workers.

1934 Discovery Nov. 308/2 A big termitarium..must contain a population of seven million, or even more.

1971 World Archaeol. 3 124 The large refuse filled pit near the adult burials is at the site of a termitarium dug out for building material.

1981 Atlantic Monthly July 49 The nearest thing to a termitarium that I can think of in human behavior is the making of a language, which we do by keeping at each other all our lives,..changing the structure by some sort of instinct.

2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 99 Other equally impressive termitaria can be seen in northern Australia, where wedge-shaped nests more than three metres tall are made by the magnetic or compass termites, Amitermes meridionalis (Termitidae).

2. figurative, esp. with reference to human societal structure or city architecture; = termitary n. 2.

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1937 D. C. Peattie Green Laurels i. 24 Men and women are fleeing their offices early for the suburbs, before the elements shall engulf this human termitarium.

1991 J. Varley Steel Beach (1993) 483 I heard the place called a village, a warren, and a refuge. My particular favorite was ‘termitarium’. It aptly described the random burrows in the Delambre trash heap.

2008 tr. M. Kulakova in L. H. Siegelbaum Cars for Comrades ii. 78 That huge human termitarium, filled with multistory ‘garages for people’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	termitarium
释义	termitariumn. Brit. /ˌtəːmᵻˈtɛːrɪəm/, U.S. /ˌtərməˈtɛriəm/ Inflections: Plural termitaria, termitariums. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: termite n., -arium suffix. Etymology: < termite n. + -arium suffix, after formicarium n. Compare earlier termitary n. 1. A termite colony or nest, esp. one of the very large, architecturally complex mounds made by certain tropical termites; (also) an artificial, usually glass-sided container used to house termites for scientific study; = termitary n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Isoptera > member(s) of (termites) > nest anthill1781 termitary1826 termite hill1835 termite mound1854 termitarium1855 termite heap1867 1855 Trans. Royal Entomol. Soc. 8 166 The spacious tubular cavities which always traverse these old Termitaria from the summit to the base. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. i. 63 The endless ramified galleries of which a Termitarium is composed. 1889 Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 8 102 Device of Eutermes to escape from a glass jar, in Mr Beaumont's Termitarium, by coating the inner surface of the glass with cement, supplied from the eductors of the workers. 1934 Discovery Nov. 308/2 A big termitarium..must contain a population of seven million, or even more. 1971 World Archaeol. 3 124 The large refuse filled pit near the adult burials is at the site of a termitarium dug out for building material. 1981 Atlantic Monthly July 49 The nearest thing to a termitarium that I can think of in human behavior is the making of a language, which we do by keeping at each other all our lives,..changing the structure by some sort of instinct. 2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 99 Other equally impressive termitaria can be seen in northern Australia, where wedge-shaped nests more than three metres tall are made by the magnetic or compass termites, Amitermes meridionalis (Termitidae). 2. figurative, esp. with reference to human societal structure or city architecture; = termitary n. 2. ΚΠ 1937 D. C. Peattie Green Laurels i. 24 Men and women are fleeing their offices early for the suburbs, before the elements shall engulf this human termitarium. 1991 J. Varley Steel Beach (1993) 483 I heard the place called a village, a warren, and a refuge. My particular favorite was ‘termitarium’. It aptly described the random burrows in the Delambre trash heap. 2008 tr. M. Kulakova in L. H. Siegelbaum Cars for Comrades ii. 78 That huge human termitarium, filled with multistory ‘garages for people’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
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