museum

museum — noun

1. a place where interesting objects from history, art, and science are kept so tha

1.名詞A1
釋義

a place where interesting objects from history, art, and science are kept so that people can look at them

例句

My family went to the museum last Sunday to see old paintings.

collocation: go to the museum

The museum near the school has a room full of old clocks.

prepositional modifier: near + noun

同義詞
  • gallery

    usually for art only, while museum covers art, history, and science

  • exhibition

    a temporary event, not a permanent building like a museum

  • archive

    holds documents and records for research, not open display

文法句型

the + museum

a/an + adjective + museum

go to + the + (type) + museum

用法筆記

Countable noun — requires an article (a, an, the) or determiner (my, our, this). Common with a preceding type word such as art, history, science, or natural history.

常見錯誤

❌I visited museum yesterday.
✅I visited the museum yesterday.
💡Museum is a countable noun and needs a word like 'a', 'an', 'the', or 'my' before it.
❌I went to the museum to borrow a book.
✅I went to the library to borrow a book.
💡Museums show objects for people to look at; libraries lend books.