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solarium

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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so·lar·i·um /səʊˈleəriəm $ soʊˈler-/ noun [countable]  1. DLa place with sunbeds (=beds with special lamps), where you can get a suntan 日光浴室〔设有日光浴床,让人把皮肤晒黑〕2. DHHa room, usually enclosed by glass, where you can sit in bright sunlight 〔通常用玻璃建的〕阳光房,日光室
Examples from the Corpus
solariumAt times, up to seventy iron lungs packed patient rooms, a solarium, and the hallway.Keep fit, sauna and solarium.In addition there is a billiard room, solarium, cinema, indoor and outdoor pools, bowling alley and gym.There is a lounge, T.V. room, table tennis, cellar bar, large sauna, solarium and steam bath.Optimum Sports Centre: Indoor and outdoor pools, sauna, solarium, massage rooms and outside whirlpool.The hotel has its own health club with saunas, solarium and work-out equipment available at a small charge.A local charge is payable for the solarium and gym.
Origin solarium (1800-1900) Latin sol; → SOLAR
so·lar·i·um nounChineseSyllable
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solarium
solarium /səʊˈleəriəm $ soʊˈler-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Latin
 Origin: sol; solar
1. a place with sunbeds (=beds with special lamps), where you can get a suntan
2. a room, usually enclosed by glass, where you can sit in bright sunlight


sol·ar·iumBrE /ˈleəriəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈleriəm/ 🔊 nouna room whose walls are mainly made of glass, or which has special lamps, where people go to get a suntan (= make their skin go brown) using light from the sun or artificial light 日光浴室;日光室