room1 /ruːm, rʊm/ ●●● S1 W1 noun1 in a building 在建築物裏 [countableC]TB a part of the inside of a building that has its own walls, floor, and ceiling 房間,室I looked around the room. 我四下看了看房間。
She nodded toward a man who was standing across the room (=on the other side of the room). 她朝站在屋子另一頭的一個男人點點頭。
Someone was laughing in the next room (=the one beside the one you are in). 隔壁房間有人在笑。
somebody’s room (=someone’s bedroom) 某人的房間Beth, it’s time to clean up your room. 貝絲,你該收拾你的房間了。
bathroom/dining room/meeting room etcthe doctor’s waiting room 醫生的候診室
one-room(ed)/two-room(ed) etca three-room apartment 有三個房間的公寓
single/double room (=a room in a hotel for one person or for two) 單人/雙人房間I’d like to book a double room for two nights. 我想預訂一個雙人房間住兩個晚上。
Here’s your key – room 348. 這是你的鑰匙——348號房間。
→ front room, living room, sitting room 2 space 空間 [uncountableU]SPACE/ROOM space somewhere for a particular thing, person, or activity 〔供某物、某人或某個活動使用的〕空間,地方room inI hope there’s going to be enough room in the fridge. 但願冰箱裏有足夠的空間。
room forMy suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else. 我的手提箱塞得滿滿的,沒有地方再放其他東西了。
room to do somethingThe museum doesn’t have enough room to show everything in their collection. 博物館沒有足夠的空間展示所有藏品。
plenty of room/enough roomThere’s plenty of room in the boot for your luggage. 車後的行李箱有足夠的空間裝你的行李。
I’m trying to make room for a vegetable garden in the backyard. 我想在後院騰出地方做菜園。
Step back, leave room for people to get past. 往後退一退,讓出地方給人通過。
The old wardrobe took up too much room. 舊衣櫥太佔地方了。
leg-room/head-room (=space for your legs or head in a vehicle) 〔交通工具内的〕腿部/頭部活動空間
→ elbow-room at elbow1(5) 3 opportunity/possibility 機會/可能性 [uncountableU]CHANCE/OPPORTUNITY the chance to do something, or the possibility that something exists or can happen 機會;餘地;可能性room forThere’s little room for innovation. 沒有多少創新的空間。
room for doubt/debate/argument etcThe evidence was clear, and there was little room for doubt. 證據確鑿,幾乎無可懷疑。
room for manoeuvre British EnglishBrE, room for maneuver American EnglishAmE (=the possibility of changing what you do or decide) 回旋餘地Teachers feel they have little room for manoeuvre when the curriculum is so demanding. 課程要求這麽嚴格,教師感到沒有多少回旋餘地。
room to do somethingChildren need to have room to develop their natural creativity. 兒童需要空間來發揮他們天生的創造力。
Make room in your day for exercise. 每天要留出鍛煉的時間。
4 there’s room for improvement IMPROVEused to say that something is not perfect and needs to be improved 有改進的餘地The report shows that there is room for improvement. 報告表明還有改進的餘地。
there’s room for improvement• You did well on the last project, but there's room for improvement. 5. there’s not enough room to swing a cat used humorously to say that an area or room is not very big 〔地方或空間〕小得無法轉身〔幽默用法〕 6. APARTMENT 公寓rooms [plural] old-fashioned especially British EnglishBrEHOME two or more rooms that you rent in a building, or stay in at a college 〔租住的或大學裏的〕居室;寓所 7 people 人們 [singular] all the people in a room 房間裏的所有人The whole room started singing ‘Happy Birthday’. 房間裏的人都唱起了生日快樂歌。