room
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++room1 /ruːm, rʊm/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 in a building 在建筑物里 [countable]TB a part of the inside of a building that has its own walls, floor, and ceiling 房间，室 I looked around the room. 我四下看了看房间。 She nodded toward a man who was standing across the room (=on the other side of the room). 她朝站在屋子另一头的一个男人点点头。 Someone was laughing in the next room (=the one beside the one you are in). 隔壁房间有人在笑。somebody’s room (=someone’s bedroom) 某人的房间 Beth, it’s time to clean up your room. 贝丝，你该收拾你的房间了。bathroom/dining room/meeting room etc the doctor’s waiting room 医生的候诊室one-room(ed)/two-room(ed) etc a three-room apartment 有三个房间的公寓single/double room (=a room in a hotel for one person or for two) 单人/双人房间 I’d like to book a double room for two nights. 我想预订一个双人房间住两个晚上。 Here’s your key – room 348. 这是你的钥匙——348号房间。 → front room, living room, sitting room2 space 空间 [uncountable]SPACE/ROOM space somewhere for a particular thing, person, or activity 〔供某物、某人或某个活动使用的〕空间，地方room in I hope there’s going to be enough room in the fridge. 但愿冰箱里有足够的空间。room for My suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else. 我的手提箱塞得满满的，没有地方再放其他东西了。room to do something The museum doesn’t have enough room to show everything in their collection. 博物馆没有足够的空间展示所有藏品。plenty of room/enough room There’s plenty of room in the boot for your luggage. 车后的行李箱有足够的空间装你的行李。 I’m trying to make room for a vegetable garden in the backyard. 我想在后院腾出地方做菜园。 Step back, leave room for people to get past. 往后退一退，让出地方给人通过。 The old wardrobe took up too much room. 旧衣橱太占地方了。leg-room/head-room (=space for your legs or head in a vehicle) 〔交通工具内的〕腿部/头部活动空间 → elbow-room at elbow1(5)3 opportunity/possibility 机会/可能性 [uncountable]CHANCE/OPPORTUNITY the chance to do something, or the possibility that something exists or can happen 机会；余地；可能性room for There’s little room for innovation. 没有多少创新的空间。room for doubt/debate/argument etc The evidence was clear, and there was little room for doubt. 证据确凿，几乎无可怀疑。room for manoeuvre British English, room for maneuver American English (=the possibility of changing what you do or decide) 回旋余地 Teachers feel they have little room for manoeuvre when the curriculum is so demanding. 课程要求这么严格，教师感到没有多少回旋余地。room to do something Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity. 儿童需要空间来发挥他们天生的创造力。 Make room in your day for exercise. 每天要留出锻炼的时间。4 there’s room for improvement IMPROVEused to say that something is not perfect and needs to be improved 有改进的余地5. there’s not enough room to swing a cat used humorously to say that an area or room is not very big 〔地方或空间〕小得无法转身〔幽默用法〕6. APARTMENT 公寓rooms [plural] old-fashioned especially British EnglishHOME two or more rooms that you rent in a building, or stay in at a college 〔租住的或大学里的〕居室；寓所7 people 人们 [singular] all the people in a room 房间里的所有人
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room• So grindingly horrible it could clear any room anywhere any time.• My father sits in the livingroom in front of the television, my brothers in the dining room in silence.• We can't sit there, there's not enough room.• We're on the eighth floor, room 804.• He didn't think he had room to pass the car in front.• Do you have room for this in your bag?• So she stopped off at her floor and hurried along to her room.• He played in his room with the toys, alone.• Leave room for people to get by.• I stood in our living room, surrounded by adults, my eyes squeezed closed.• There isn't any more room in the closet.• I went back to my room, trying to forget about my brother.• They had no room to spare in their car, so we had to take a taxi.• In the darkness of that room, I cried for Induk.• The library consisted of two rooms, but the only entry to the inner room was through the outer.• Amanda, can you clean up your room, please?single/double room• Is it possible for a single room to constitute an apartment?• His own family-seven strong-live in a single room in the house.• She was in a double room.• Supplements per person per night: No supplement in single rooms without private facilities.• Additional night, single room and upgrade prices are available.• We can also book twin or double rooms in nearby houses for your sole use for a £55 supplement.leave room• His record appeared flawless, yet there was an inconsistency which grated harshly, leaving room for a lot of speculation.• Thus, it leaves room for poor countries with well-distributed resources and rich countries with concentrated resource distributions.• We wedged it in place firmly, but not too tight against the lintel, leaving room for adjustment.• To his relief she wriggled across the seat, leaving room for him to get in beside her.• Digital signals can be compressed to take up less space, leaving room for additional programming.• Not impossible, but not likely either, which left room for speculation.• Why leave room for doubt or debate?Make room• Beyond Hispanic bashing! Make room for all of us!• Finish tidying beds. Make room in the greenhouse for first batches of potted roses.The whole room• And another. The whole room seemed to be filled with it.room2 ●○○ verb [intransitive] American English 1.LIVE SOMEWHEREto rent and live in a room somewhere 租住房间2 room with somebody phrasal verb SECLIVE WITH somebodyto share a room or house with someone, especially at college 〔尤指在大学里〕与…同住一室 [处]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
room• Simone tagged along in his life, sometimes rooming with him.From Longman Business Dictionaryroomroom1 /ruːm, rʊm/ noun1[countable] a part of the inside of a buildingconference room facilitiesthe college staff room2[uncountable] the possibility that something might happen, or the chance to do somethingroom forThe cellular phone industry still has room for growth over the long haul.There is little room for expansion in its existing businesses.3room for improvement if there is room for improvement, something is not perfect and could or should be improved4rooms [plural]PROPERTY two or more rooms that you rent in a buildingroomroom2 verb [intransitive] American English room with somebody to share a rented room, apartment, or house with someone→ See Verb tableOrigin room1 Old English rumroom1 nounroom2 verbChinese
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room1 S1 W1 /ruːm, rʊm/ 
noun
I looked around the room.
She nodded toward a man who was standing across the room (=on the other side of the room).
Someone was laughing in the next room (=the one beside the one you are in).
sb’s room (=someone’s bedroom)
Beth, it’s time to clean up your room.
bathroom/dining room/meeting room etc
the doctor’s waiting room
one-room(ed)/two-room(ed) etc
a three-room apartment
single/double room (=a room in a hotel for one person or for two)
I’d like to book a double room for two nights.
Here’s your key – room 348. ⇨ front room, living room, sitting room
2. SPACE [uncountable] space somewhere for a particular thing, person, or activity
room in
I hope there’s going to be enough room in the fridge.
room for
My suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else.
room to do something
The museum doesn’t have enough room to show everything in their collection.
plenty of room/enough room
There’s plenty of room in the boot for your luggage.
I’m trying to make room for a vegetable garden in the backyard.
Step back, leave room for people to get past.
The old wardrobe took up too much room.
leg-room/head-room (=space for your legs or head in a vehicle) ⇨ elbow-room at elbow1(5)
3. OPPORTUNITY/POSSIBILITY [uncountable] the chance to do something, or the possibility that something exists or can happen
room for
There’s little room for innovation.
room for doubt/debate/argument etc
The evidence was clear, and there was little room for doubt.
room for manoeuvre British English room for maneuver American English (=the possibility of changing what you do or decide)
Teachers feel they have little room for manoeuvre when the curriculum is so demanding.
room to do something
Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity.
Make room in your day for exercise.
4. there’s room for improvement used to say that something is not perfect and needs to be improved:
The report shows that there is 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
6. APARTMENT rooms [plural] old-fashioned especially British English two or more rooms that you rent in a building, or stay in at a college
7. PEOPLE [singular] all the people in a room:
The whole room started singing ‘Happy Birthday’.
room2 verb [intransitive] American English
to rent and live in a room somewhere
room with somebody phrasal verb
to share a room or house with someone, especially at college:
I roomed with Al at UCSD.
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noun Language: Old English
Origin: rum
1. IN A BUILDING [countable] a part of the inside of a building that has its own walls, floor, and ceiling:Origin: rum
sb’s room (=someone’s bedroom)
bathroom/dining room/meeting room etc
one-room(ed)/two-room(ed) etc
single/double room (=a room in a hotel for one person or for two)
2. SPACE [uncountable] space somewhere for a particular thing, person, or activity
room in
room for
room to do something
plenty of room/enough room
leg-room/head-room (=space for your legs or head in a vehicle) ⇨ elbow-room at elbow1(5)
3. OPPORTUNITY/POSSIBILITY [uncountable] the chance to do something, or the possibility that something exists or can happen
room for
room for doubt/debate/argument etc
room for manoeuvre British English room for maneuver American English (=the possibility of changing what you do or decide)
room to do something
4. there’s room for improvement used to say that something is not perfect and needs to be improved:
5. there’s not enough room to swing a cat used humorously to say that an area or room is not very big
6. APARTMENT rooms [plural] old-fashioned especially British English two or more rooms that you rent in a building, or stay in at a college
7. PEOPLE [singular] all the people in a room:
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verb [intransitive] American Englishto rent and live in a room somewhere
room with somebody phrasal verb
to share a room or house with someone, especially at college:
Holidays/vacations 假期
have/take ( a holiday/BrE ( a vacation/a break/a day off/NAmE ( a gap yearBrE 休假；短期休假；休一天假；休空缺年假 go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage去／在度假／休假／度蜜月／游猎／旅游／观光／乘船游览／朝圣 go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing去背包旅行／露营／搭顺风车旅行／观光游览 plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your itinerary计划旅行／假期／行程 book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets预订住宿／酒店房间／航班／票 have/make/cancel a reservation/( bookingespecially
BrE 预订；取消预订 rent a villa/( a holiday home/a holiday cottageboth
BrE 租一座度假别墅／一个度假住所／一座度假小别墅 ( especially
BrE hire/ ( especially
NAmE rent a car/bicycle/moped租借一辆汽车／自行车／摩托自行车 stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/( a holiday home/a caravanboth
BrE 住在酒店／提供住宿和早餐的旅馆／青年旅舍／度假别墅／度假住所／旅行拖车里 cost/charge $100 a/per night for a single/double/twin/standard/( en suite roomBrE 单人房／双人房／标间／套房一晚花费／要价 100 美元 check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room入住／结账离开酒店／汽车旅馆／房间 pack/unpack your suitcase/bags把东西装进手提箱／旅行包；取出手提箱／旅行包里的东西 call/order room service打电话叫／叫客房服务 cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation取消／缩短旅程／假期
Foreign travel 出国旅行
apply for/get/renew a/your passport申请／拿到／续签护照 take out/buy/get travel insurance获得／购买／取得旅游保险 catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight赶上／错过飞机／火车／渡船／转乘航班 fly (in)/travel in business/economy class乘坐商务／经济舱飞行／旅行 make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover/( layover in Hong KongNAmE also
在香港作短暂的／两天的／十二小时的中途停留 experience/cause/lead to delays遇上／引起／导致延误 check (in)/collect/get/lose (your)( luggage/especially
BrE ( baggageespecially
NAmE 托运／取／弄丢行李 be charged for/pay excess baggage被收取／支付超重行李费 board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry上／下飞机／船／渡船 taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway在跑道上滑行；离开／接近／降落在／冲出跑道 experience/hit/encounter severe turbulence遇到强烈的气流 suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/travel sickness遭受时差反应／晕车；从时差反应／晕车恢复过来；克服时差反应／晕车
The tourist industry 旅游业
attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors吸引游客 encourage/promote/hurt tourism鼓励／促进／损害旅游业 promote/develop ecotourism促进／发展生态旅游 build/develop/visit a tourist/holiday/( seaside/beach/ski resortespecially
BrE 建立／开发／参观旅游／假日／海滨／海滩／滑雪胜地 work for/be operated by a major hotel chain就职于一家大型连锁酒店；由一家大型连锁酒店经营 be served by/compete with low-cost/( low-fare/budget airlinesespecially
NAmE 由廉价航空公司提供服务；与廉价航空公司竞争 book sth through/make a booking through/use a travel agent通过旅行社预订；经旅行社代办 contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator联系旅行社；向旅行社咨询 book/be on/go on a package deal/holiday/tour预订／进行／去包价旅游 buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs购买／带回（低劣的／定价过高的）纪念品
