oceanarium

IPA/ˌəʊʃəˈneəriəm/
IPA/ˌəʊʃəˈneriəm/

oceanarium — 名詞

1. a very large pool or set of tanks holding sea water, where fish, sharks, dolphin

1.名詞C1
釋義

海洋館

展出海洋動物的大型水族設施

a very large pool or set of tanks holding sea water, where fish, sharks, dolphins, and other ocean animals live so that visitors can watch them or scientists can study how they behave.

例句

Ava took her younger brother to the oceanarium to see the bottlenose dolphins.

Ava 帶她弟弟去海洋館看瓶鼻海豚。

collocation: take someone to the oceanarium

The new oceanarium in Lisbon has a giant glass tunnel where sharks swim above visitors.

里斯本新蓋的海洋館有一條巨大的玻璃隧道，鯊魚會從遊客頭頂上方游過。

typical descriptor: glass tunnel / large tank

同義詞
  • aquarium

    broader term — covers any tank from a small home one to a public exhibit; not limited to sea water

  • marine park

    often includes outdoor pools and animal shows in addition to viewing tanks

  • sea life centre

    British, used for public attractions focused on marine exhibits

文法句型

a/an oceanarium

at the oceanarium

用法筆記

Distinguish from 'aquarium' (sense overlaps but 'oceanarium' is reserved for very large facilities that hold marine animals from the open sea, often including dolphins or sharks; small home or shop fish tanks are not oceanariums).

常見錯誤

❌I keep a small oceanarium with goldfish at home.
✅I keep a small aquarium with goldfish at home.
💡an oceanarium is a public-scale marine facility, not a home tank.
❌We visited the river oceanarium and saw freshwater fish.
✅We visited the aquarium and saw freshwater fish.
💡'oceanarium' implies sea water and marine animals only.