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单词 museum
释义 mu·se·um
\(ˈ)myü|zēəm, ÷ ˈ ̷ ̷_ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin Museum, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, from Mousa Muse — more at muse
1. obsolete : a scholar's library : study
 < admitted to an audience in his museum — Charles Johnstone >
2.
 a. : an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value
  < British Museum >
  < American Museum of Natural History >
  < National Air and Space Museum >
 b. : a room, building, or locale where a collection of objects is put on exhibition
  < art museum >
  < science museum >
  < striking outdoor museum, two hundred acres of it — Bernard De Voto >
 c. : exhibit, collection
  < the little museum of … lore assembled in the foyer — Claudia Cassidy >
3. : something that resembles a museum
 < the parlor was a museum of Victorian bric-a-brac >
 < codes are maintained as no mere museums of legal rules and principles — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink >
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