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observatory

英 [əb'zɜːvət(ə)rɪ] 美[əb'zɝvətɔri]
  • n. 天文台;气象台;瞭望台

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复数: observatories;

中文词源


observatory 天文台,气象台

来自observe,观察,注视。用于指天文台,气象台等。

英文词源


observatory (n.)
"building for observing astronomical phenomena," 1670s (in reference to Greenwich), from French observatoire, from observer (v.); see observe.

双语例句


1. The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars.
当初创立皇家格林尼治天文台就是为了观察星体并对其进行编目。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.
格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次.

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3. Guy's house was close to the observatory.
盖伊的房子离天文台很近.

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4. Few museums could rival the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich for a grand day out.
若想找个地儿开心地逛一天,没有哪家博物馆能比得上格林尼治皇家天文台。

来自柯林斯例句

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.
中国建有世界上最早的气象台. 公元1385年,明朝在南京建立观象台, 比英国格林尼治观象台 ( 建于1670年 ) 早三个世纪.

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