terrarium

基本解释

—and, with his heart pounding, lowered the box into the terrarium and opened the lid.
——而且他的心也怦怦直跳，他把纸箱放进玻璃容器里，打开盖子。
Then he lifted the snake—it was noticeably warm to the touch on the side that had been closest to the fire—and laid it gently in the terrarium.
然后，他提起蛇——靠近火的那一边的身体摸上去明显有了温度——把它轻柔地放回玻璃容器内。
It was no more animate than the glass walls of the terrarium, and Gerard wondered how anyone, even an expert, could tell if the thing was alive or dead.
如同养育箱的玻璃墙一样没有活力，此时，杰拉德想知道，即使是行家，如何来辨别这东西是死了还是活着。

a container, often with a glass front, in which small reptiles or other small creatures are kept