| 词汇 | museum-piece |
| 释义 | museum piece noun[ C ] humorousuk /mjuːˈziː.əm ˌpiːs/ us /mjuːˈziː.əm ˌpiːs/ something that is very old-fashioned and should no longer be used: 过时的东西，老古董 That old car is a museum piece - you should get a new one.那辆旧车是老古董了——你该买辆新的。 Old or old-fashioned age-old ageing ancient antediluvian anti-progressive fossilization fossilize fossilized frumpy fustily outdate outdated outdatedly outmoded outworn unmodernized unmodish unprogressive unreconstructed unsmart Examples of museum piecemuseum piece But it is hard to keep people in a museum, hard for people to keep themselves in a museum; indeed it is unethical to make people a museumpiece. Our constitution is not a museumpiece, but a living thing that has been changing, evolving and constantly renewing itself down the centuries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the line is to be preserved, it must not be preserved as a museumpiece, but as part of an economic transport system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At one time anyone who wore such an aid was almost a museumpiece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was felt to be ridiculous that we should stop an exhibition or a museumpiece sent to our country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nor should our welfare system be preserved like a museumpiece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not worth preserving as a museumpiece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not like this idea of our countryside as a museumpiece which has to be preserved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It cannot be preserved in aspic, merely as a museumpiece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is too expensive to be a museumpiece, and the men and women who serve in it would not want it to be one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It could be used as a museumpiece in itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is almost a museumpiece in itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is over-encrusted with ancient pageantry and is becoming a sort of museumpiece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our society is not set in aspic, preserved like a museumpiece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But that does not alter the fact that here we have a kind of museumpiece—a remnant of feudalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of museum piece These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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