• n. 天文台；气象台；瞭望台

来自observe,观察，注视。用于指天文台，气象台等。

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.

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.

来自《用法词典》

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

盖伊的房子离天文台很近.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》