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courtroom

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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court·room /ˈkɔːtruːm, -rʊm $ ˈkɔːrt-/ ●○○ noun [countable]  SCTa room in a law court where cases are judged 〔法庭的〕审判室;法庭
Examples from the Corpus
courtroomBut most of you are not qualified to walk into a courtroom.Norris emphasized his 29 years of experience and his continued courtroom work prosecuting felony cases.A fight broke out in a London courtroom yesterday.Roberts told a packed courtroom of the events that occurred on the night of the murder.Outside the Santiago courtroom the victims gathered to read the judges' decision and console one another.He opened it and read what only twelve other people in the courtroom could have known.In the courtrooms, we hear our hometown lawyers pleading to a jury of our neighbors.The firm's woes are not confined to the courtroom.The courtroom was the diminutive Carman's stage, where he played carefully to the jury with meticulously prepared gestures and phrases.As a witness, courtroom observers described him as alternately charming and evasive.
From Longman Business Dictionarycourtroomcourt‧room /ˈkɔːtruːm, -rʊmˈkɔːrt-/ noun [countable]LAW a room in a law court where cases are judgedHe smiled and waved to his supporters as he left the crowded courtroom.
court·room nounChineseSyllable
a law a court where in Corpus room Business


courtroom
courtroom /ˈkɔːtruːm, -rʊm $ ˈkɔːrt-/ noun [countable]
a room in a law court where cases are judged


court·roomBrE /ˈkɔːtruːm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɔːrtruːm/ 🔊BrE /ˈkɔːtrʊm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɔːrtrʊm/ 🔊 nouna room in which trials or other legal cases are held 法庭;审判室<titled tranID="4" status="1">court / law court / court of law</titled>
  • All these words can be used to refer to a place where legal trials take place. Court and (formal) court of law usually refer to the actual room where cases are judged. Courtroom is also used for this. Law court (BrE) is more often used to refer to the building. 以上各词均可指法庭或法院。court 和 court of law(正式说法)通常指法庭、审判室,courtroom 亦用于此义。law court(英式英语)多指法院这座建筑物The prison is opposite the law court. 监狱在法院对面。 Courthouse is used for this in NAmE. 美式英语用 courthouse 表达此义。