aquarium

Definitions

aqua (water) + -rium (a place for) = 'a water-place.' The same -rium that builds terrarium (a place for earth) and solarium (a place for sun). It covers both the small home tank and the huge public building — both are simply places for water and what lives in it.

Common Collocations

• 1.saltwater aquarium海水水族箱
• 2.freshwater aquarium淡水水族箱
• 3.home aquarium家用鱼缸
• 4.public aquarium公共水族馆
• 5.tropical fish aquarium热带鱼缸

Example Sentences

• 1.

  We took the kids to the aquarium to see the sharks.

• 2.

  She keeps tropical fish in a small aquarium on her desk.

• 3.

  The aquarium's plural can be written aquariums or aquaria.