English Dictionary

zoo

IPA（発音記号）

/zuː/

名詞

比喩的用法 くだけた表現 アメリカ英語 俗語

A park where live animals are exhibited. / (informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic. / (US, military, slang) The jungle. / (slang) A zoophile.

日本語の意味

動物園 – 生きた動物を展示している公園 / 混沌とした、野蛮または非常に混雑した場所 / ジャングル – 比喩的に混乱した場所を指す表現 / 動物性愛者（スラング表現）

We spent the afternoon at the zoo watching the penguins swim.

私たちは午後、動物園でペンギンが泳ぐのを見て過ごしました。

意味（1）

A park where live animals are exhibited.

The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.

意味（2）

(informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.

意味（3）

(US, military, slang) The jungle.

I'm not all that unhappy about being out on an actual patrol, but there's a worried feeling wandering around the back of my mind, not exactly fear, more like a sort of lurking anxiety at being out in the dreaded jungle, the zoo, where the enemy hides.

意味（4）

(slang) A zoophile.

Zoophiles, or 'zoos,' are sexually and emotionally attracted to animals, as in a sexual orientation.

zoos （ plural ）