"museum" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 博物馆

Definition

博物馆是保存并向公众展示具有历史、艺术、科学或文化价值物品的地方。人们参观博物馆是为了学习、研究或欣赏展览。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

通常指一个机构或建筑，而不只是一个房间。常见搭配有 'art museum'、'history museum'、'museum exhibit' 和 'museum guide'。不要和 'gallery' 混淆：gallery 通常更小，而且更偏重艺术。

Examples

We visited the museum on Saturday.

我们星期六参观了**博物馆**。

The museum has old paintings and coins.

这家**博物馆**有古老的画作和硬币。

My school is taking us to a science museum.

我们学校要带我们去科学**博物馆**。

If you're into history, that museum is absolutely worth a visit.

如果你喜欢历史，那家**博物馆**绝对值得一去。

We ended up spending three hours at the museum without noticing the time.

我们最后在**博物馆**待了三个小时，完全没注意时间。

The new museum downtown is smaller than I expected, but it's really well designed.

市中心的新**博物馆**比我想象中小，但设计得真的很好。