atheneum
/ath-uh-nee-uhm, -ney-/US // ˌæθ əˈni əm, -ˈneɪ- //UK // (ˌæθɪˈniːəm) //
尘埃落定,尘埃,尘肺,尘土飞扬
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an institution for the promotion of literary or scientific learning.
- : a library or reading room.
- : a sanctuary of Athena at Athens, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and frequented by poets and scholars.
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Examples
The strange experiences of his visit in October 1879 are duly recorded in the Atheneum of the following January.
Just why this remote atheneum was sconce for Mr. Holliday's candle I do not hazard.
The trustees finally took the lead in the establishment of a public library into which the collection of the Atheneum was merged.
Doubtless this served to swell the crowd when the convention met at night in the Atheneum.
In fact most of our knowledge of the founder of the Atheneum comes more from memories and traditions than from exact data.
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