| 单词 | smithsonian institution |
| 释义 | Smithsonian Institution[ smith-soh-nee-uhn ] / smɪθˈsoʊ ni ən / nounan institution in Washington, D.C., founded 1846 with a grant left by James Smithson, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge: U.S. national museum and repository. Words nearby Smithsonian InstitutionSmithfield ham, Smith Island, Smith, Joseph, Smith's fracture, Smithson, Smithsonian Institution, smithsonite, Smith's operation, Smithtown, smithy, smitten Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Institution / (smɪθˈsəʊnɪən) / nouna national museum and institution in Washington, D.C., founded in 1846 from a bequest by James Smithson, primarily concerned with ethnology, zoology, and astrophysics Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Institution [ (smith-soh-nee-uhn) ] A group of over a dozen museums and research and publication facilities, such as the National Air and Space Museum, the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of History and Technology, the National Zoo, and the National Gallery of Art. Many of the Smithsonian's buildings are on the Washington Mall. The institution is named after James Smithson, an Englishman whose bequest enabled its founding in the nineteenth century. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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