单词 | cultural centre |
释义 | > as lemmascultural centre cultural centre n. (a) the centre of cultural activity in an area or region; (b) a public building or site for the exhibition or promotion of arts and culture, esp. of a particular region or people. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > other spec. hallc1302 prytaneum1577 praetorium?1586 Roman bath1680 Colosseum1809 kursaal1850 scuola1851 culture centre1890 cultural centre1891 club1896 1891 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 4 19 We must assume that a certain cultural centre corresponds to our second province of legends. 1958 J. Stevens tr. F. M. Heichelheim Anc. Econ. Hist. I. 337 The ‘Oriental’ subdivision of our territory took over as a global cultural centre and had prevalence during the Ancient Oriental millennia. 1977 Economist (Nexis) 21 May 10 The explosion which rocked the American cultural centre in Madrid..was the postscript to a week in which five people died in strikes and demonstrations. 2006 Wallpaper June 178/2 A former dour Glaswegian-turned-jovial Curitiban..now runs the Anglo-Brazilian cultural centre. < as lemmas |
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