museum piece

n.1. One that is worth keeping or showing in a museum.2. One that is old-fashioned: "[The show] is a living museum piece, a piece of Americana from another era" (Patti Hartigan).

museum piece

n 1. (Education) an object of sufficient age or interest to be kept in a museum 2. informal a person or thing regarded as antiquated or decrepit

muse′um piece`

n. 1. something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum. 2. something very old-fashioned or decrepit. [1900–05]

Translations

pezzo da museo

museum piece

Someone or something that is particularly aged or old-fashioned (thus likened to something belonging in a museum). Wow, where'd you get this museum piece? Does it even still work? My grannie is a museum piece of the intolerance and bigotry of the 1950s.See also: museum, piece

museum piece

An elderly or old-fashioned item or person, as in When are you going to sell that museum piece of a car? or Aunt Jane comes from another era-she's a real museum piece. This expression originated about 1900 for an article valuable enough for museum display but began to be used disparagingly from about 1915. See also: museum, piece

museum piece, a

An old-fashioned or decrepit item or person. Basically this term is a genuine description of an item of value or rarity that was used ironically or pejoratively from about 1915 on. John Galsworthy used it in Swan Song (1928): “The girl and her brother had been museum pieces, two Americans without money to speak of.”See also: museum

单词	museum piece
释义	museum piece museum piece n.1. One that is worth keeping or showing in a museum.2. One that is old-fashioned: "[The show] is a living museum piece, a piece of Americana from another era" (Patti Hartigan). museum piece n 1. (Education) an object of sufficient age or interest to be kept in a museum 2. informal a person or thing regarded as antiquated or decrepit muse′um piece` n. 1. something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum. 2. something very old-fashioned or decrepit. [1900–05] Translations pezzo da museo museum piece museum piece Someone or something that is particularly aged or old-fashioned (thus likened to something belonging in a museum). Wow, where'd you get this museum piece? Does it even still work? My grannie is a museum piece of the intolerance and bigotry of the 1950s.See also: museum, piece museum piece An elderly or old-fashioned item or person, as in When are you going to sell that museum piece of a car? or Aunt Jane comes from another era-she's a real museum piece. This expression originated about 1900 for an article valuable enough for museum display but began to be used disparagingly from about 1915. See also: museum, piece museum piece, a An old-fashioned or decrepit item or person. Basically this term is a genuine description of an item of value or rarity that was used ironically or pejoratively from about 1915 on. John Galsworthy used it in Swan Song (1928): “The girl and her brother had been museum pieces, two Americans without money to speak of.”See also: museum museum piece museum piece an object of sufficient age or interest to be kept in a museum
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