observatories

英 [əbˈzɜːvətriz]

美 [əbˈzɜrvəˌtɔriz]

n.  天文台; 天文观测站; 气象台
observatory的复数

柯林斯词典

• 天文台；观象台；天文观测站
  Anobservatoryis a building with a large telescope from which scientists study things such as the planets by watching them.

双语例句

• World organization of Volcanological observatories;
  世界火山观测所组织；
• Michael Mumma and colleagues made the discovery by searching the Martian surface for the spectroscopic signature of methane, using three Earth-based observatories.
  迈克尔•穆马（（MichaelMumma）和他的同事利用地球上的3座天文台，通过在火星表面搜寻甲烷的分光镜特征而得到了上述发现。
• The Maya were noted as well for elaborate and highly decorated ceremonial architecture, including temple-pyramids, palaces and observatories, all built without metal tools.
  玛雅人同样为人称道的是结构复杂和装饰精美的仪式用建筑，包括金字塔神庙、宫殿和观象台，它们都是在没有借助金属工具的情况下建成的。
• Since they were excellent astronomers, some think that they also used their pyramid structures as observatories.
  由于玛雅人是出色的天文学家，有人认为他们还将这些金字塔建筑用作天文观象台。
• Ideally, countries should have national observatories, which would monitor and analyse health systems and help tailor and coordinate health, education and labour policies to the country's needs.
  理想状态是，每个国家都应该建立自己的“观测台”，监督和分析卫生系统的运行，并根据本国需要来制定和协调卫生、教育和劳动方面的政策。
• Two large monitoring projects of this kind are NEON the National Ecological Observatory Network andOOI, the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
  在这一类监控项目中有两个比较有代表性的大型项目，一个是美国国家生态观测站网络（NEON），一个是海洋观测计划（OOI）。
• Observatories watched the event from Earth and scientists hoped the cloud of dust and debris would provide clues to the geological composition of the site.
  很多观测站在地表观测了撞击全过程，科学家希望撞击所激起的尘云和碎石能为研究“卓越湖”区域的地质构成提供依据。
• Meteorologists use satellites, land observatories and historical data to provide information about the weather.
  气象学家使用卫星、上天文台和历史资料来提供有关天气的信息。
• NASA and JPL and a handful of astronomers working at the major observatories.
  他们是NASA、JPL以及一批在大型天文台工作的人员。
• That is one of the oldest observatories of the world, 200 years older than Greenwich in England.
  那是世界上最古老的观象台之一，比英国的格林尼治还要老200多岁呢！