Yerkes Observatory
/ˌjɜːkiːz əbˈzɜːvətri/
/ˌjɜːrkiːz əbˈzɜːrvətɔːri/
- the observatory (= a building from which to study the stars, weather, etc.) of the University of Chicago in the US. It was built in 1892 at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, with money given by Charles Yerkes. It contains the world's largest refracting telescope (= an instrument that uses light rays to make distant objects appear much larger).
耶克斯天文台（Yerkes Observatory）：美国芝加哥大学的天文台（用于研究星星，天气等的建筑物）。它是由查尔斯·耶克斯（Charles Yerkes）于1892年在威斯康星州日内瓦湖建造的。它包含了世界上最大的折射望远镜（一种使用光线使远处的物体看起来更大的仪器）。