observatory
英 [?b'z??v?t(?)r?]美[?b'z?v?t?ri]
- n. 天文臺；氣象臺；瞭望臺
CET6+TEM4IELTSGRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?observatories;
中文詞源
observatory 天文臺，氣象臺
來自observe,觀察，注視。用于指天文臺，氣象臺等。
英文詞源
- observatory (n.)
- "building for observing astronomical phenomena," 1670s (in reference to Greenwich), from French observatoire, from observer (v.); see observe.
雙語例句
- 1. The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars.
- 當初創立皇家格林尼治天文臺就是為了觀察星體并對其進行編目。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.
- 格林威治天文臺的職員們每天對大鐘檢查兩次.
來自《用法詞典》
- 3. Guy's house was close to the observatory.
- 蓋伊的房子離天文臺很近.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Few museums could rival the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich for a grand day out.
- 若想找個地兒開心地逛一天，沒有哪家博物館能比得上格林尼治皇家天文臺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. China boasts the world's earliest observatory, built in Nanking in 1385 in the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 A . D . - 1644 A . D . ), three centuries ahead of the Greenwich Observatory built in Britain in 1670.
- 中國建有世界上最早的氣象臺. 公元1385年,明朝在南京建立觀象臺, 比英國格林尼治觀象臺 ( 建于1670年 ) 早三個世紀.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》