observatory

• n. 天文台；氣象台；瞭望台

來自observe,觀察，注視。用於指天文台，氣象台等。

observatory (n.)

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

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台就是為了觀察星體並對其進行編目。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.

格林威治天文台的職員們每天對大鍾檢查兩次.

來自《用法詞典》

3. Guy's house was close to the observatory.

蓋伊的房子離天文台很近.

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台。

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台. 公元1385年,明朝在南京建立觀象台, 比英國格林尼治觀象台 ( 建於1670年 ) 早三個世紀.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》