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museum

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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mu·se·um /mjuːˈziəm $ mjʊ-/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable]  AVSEa building where important cultural, historical, or scientific objects are kept and shown to the public 博物馆,博物院 the Museum of Modern Art 现代艺术博物馆 The museum has an extensive collection of early photographs. 这座博物馆藏有大量早期的照片。4  See picture on 见图 Page A13 Town 城镇
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museumHe never fails to awe me with his ability to paint a word portrait worthy of a museum that charges admission.Each would offer five exhibitions a year, which would then travel among the four museums.Fossils are more than just bones for dinosaur fans to look at in museums.The burglar as Renaissance man, Luther sketches Old Masters in museums.Oaxaca's philatelic museum, meanwhile, announced that it would issue a stamp bearing Morales' image and signature.Baldesaro is in New York preparing a showing at the Museum of Modern Art.Does the private cultural foundation cover the running costs of the museum for the next ten years?The museum has a few of Van Gogh's early paintings.the Museum of Modern Art
Origin museum (1600-1700) Latin Greek Mouseion, from Mousa; → MUSE2
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museum
museum S3 W2 /mjuːˈziəm $ mjʊ-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: Greek Mouseion, from Mousa; muse2
a building where important cultural, historical, or scientific objects are kept and shown to the public:
    the Museum of Modern Art
    The museum has an extensive collection of early photographs.


🔑 mu·seumBrE /mjuˈziːəm/ 🔊NAmE /mjuˈziːəm/ 🔊 noun
a building in which objects of artistic, cultural, historical or scientific interest are kept and shown to the public 博物馆a museum of modern art现代艺术博物馆a science museum科学博物馆