单词 | museum |
释义 | museum (once / 179 pages) n A museum is a place where interesting objects are displayed — like paintings, historical documents, and dinosaur skeletons. There are all kinds of museums. Art museums are some of the most well-known, such as the Louvre in Paris. The Natural History Museum, with its dinosaur skeletons and stuffed bears and lions, is one of New York's most famous. In Washington, DC, the Smithsonian is a group of impressive museums. Around the country, there are museums dedicated to sports, African-American culture, spies, and just about everything else. At any museum, you'll find a lot of tourists. WORD FAMILYmuseum: museums USAGE EXAMPLESAfter several false starts, the filmmaker will decide in January whether to put his museum in San Francisco or Los Angeles. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, as it will be called, promises hundreds of jobs and a high-profile attraction — and it’s essentially free. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Martin King of the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool said Mr. Williams played a vital role shaping the youthful band. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) n a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value Exp|Hypo|Hyper Hagia Sophia a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century Louvre Museuman art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris science museum a museum that collects and displays objects having scientific interest deposit, depositary, depository, repository a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
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