| 单词 | zookeeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmaszookeeper zookeeper n. a person responsible for taking care of the animals in a zoo; (sometimes also) the owner, director, or person in overall charge of a zoo. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > keeper menagerist1850 zooman1871 zookeeper1886 zoowoman1930 1886 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 3 Nov. 2 It could be nursed and fed on warm milk..if Zoo keepers will have an eye to it. 1910 E. P. Butler Water Goats & Other Troubles 19 Zoo is getting too crowded with all kinds of animals and I don't need so many dongola goats. I will sell you two for fifty dollars..Dennis Toole, Zoo keeper. 1977 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 17 July 2 f/4 Zookeepers caring for a two-week-old orphaned hippopotamus have taken to..wading into a pool..to nurse the hippo from a bottle. 1991 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 June (Overseas news section) The eccentric British millionaire zoo-keeper and former casino owner. 2009 Daily Tel. 7 Aug. 11/8 Zookeepers have helped hatch the eggs of one of the world's rarest species of turtle. < as lemmas |
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