1734, "orrery," Modern Latin, from Late Latin planeta (see planet) + Latin -arium "a place for." Sense of "device for projecting the night sky onto the interior of a dome" is attested from 1929.
实用例句
1. The planetarium staff also prepared talks for radio broadcast.
天文馆的工作人员还要准备讲稿给电台广播.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The four - building complex will include a library, a museum, an auditorium and a planetarium.
由四栋房屋所构成的这座综合建筑将包括一个图书馆 、 一个博物馆 、 一个礼堂及一个天文馆.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. It landed in a shallow basin fifty yards from the planetarium.
它降落在离天文馆五十码处的一个浅盆地中.
来自英汉非文学 - 科幻
4. On his days off, he takes them to the Museum of Natural History or the Planetarium.
休假的日子里,他就带他们去自然历史博物馆或是天文馆。
来自辞典例句
5. The motions of the stars can be approximated in a planetarium.