zoo

• n. ズー
• n.（動物園の）人名；（王朝の）朱；（アラブの）ズー

動物園の略。

zoo

zoo: [19] Greek zóion meant ‘animal’ (it came from the Indo-European base *gwei-, which also lies behind English biology, quick, and vital). From it was formed modern Latin zōologia ‘study of animals’, which English adapted as zoology [17]. Zoological was derived from this in the 19th century, and when the Zoological Society of London opened their exhibition of live wild animals in Regent’s Park in 1829, they called it the Zoological Gardens. This was soon abbreviated to ‘the Zoological’, and by the mid 1840s it had shrunk further to zoo.
=> biology, quick, vital

zoo (n.)

c. 1847, short for Zoological Gardens of the London Zoological Society, established 1828 in Regent's Park to house the society's collection of wild animals. The first three letters taken as one syllable. "From a mere vulgarism, this corruption has passed into wide colloquial use" [Century Dictionary]. Slang meaning "crowded and chaotic place" first recorded 1935.

1. There 's a zoo round here？That 's dandy for my kids.

この近くに動物園がありますか？私の子供たちはきっと喜ぶでしょう。

2.The zoo was budgeting for 85000000 visitors this year.

動物園は予算編成時に今年85万人の観光客を見込んでいる。

3.Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo .

4つの動物園を救う案が争われている。

4.To me the only justification for a zoo is educational.

私にとって、動物園が存在する唯一の正当な理由はその教育的役割です。

5.I agree that the demise of London zoo would be terrible.

私もロンドン動物園が存在しなければ大変だと思っています。