zoo

US: /ˈzu/
UK: /zˈuː/


English Vietnamese dictionary


zoo /zu:/
  • danh từ
    • (thông tục) ((viết tắt) của zoological garden) vườn bách thú, vườn thú

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
(plural zoos) (also formal zoological garden(s)) a place where many kinds of wild animals are kept for the public to see and where they are studied, bred and protected

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
1 zoological garden, menagerie, Tiergarten, (safari) park:
When I was a child, I enjoyed going to the zoo almost as much as I do now.
2 madhouse, mess; chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, Colloq US three-ring circus, Chinese fire-drill:
When my husband and the three children get ready in the morning the kitchen is like a zoo.

Collocation dictionary


VERB + ZOO

go to, visit | escape from | run
a badly-run zoo

ZOO + NOUN

animals | keeper
(also
zookeeper)

PREP.

at a/the ~
We saw a baby polar bear at the zoo.
| in a/the ~
These lions were born in the zoo.


Concise English dictionary


zooszuː
noun
+the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition