room
noun
verb
ruːm noun
1
IN A BUILDING
在建筑物里
a part of the inside of a building that has its own walls, floor, and ceiling 房间，室 C
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。
sb’s room (someone’s bedroom) 某人的房间
Beth, it’s time to clean up your room.
贝丝，你该收拾一下你的房间了。
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.
我想预订一个双人间两天。
Here’s your key – room 348.
这是你的钥匙 — 348 号房间。
2
SPACE
空间
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 U
[+ in ]
I hope there’s going to be enough room in the fridge.
我希望冰箱里有足够的空间。
[+ 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 sth
The museum doesn’t have enough room to show everything in their collection.
博物馆没有足够的空间展览所有藏品。
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
3
OPPORTUNITY/POSSIBILITY
机会/可能性
the chance to do something, or the possibility that something exists or can happen 机会; 余地; 可能性 U | BrE AmE
[+ 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，无可怀疑。
room for manoeuvre
Teachers feel they have little room for manoeuvre when the curriculum is so demanding.
课程要求很严格，教师感到没有多少发挥的余地。
room to do sth
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
used to say that something is not perfect and needs to be improved 有改进的余地
The report shows that there is room for improvement.
报告表明还有改进的余地。
5
there’s not enough room to swing a cat
used humorously to say that an area or room is not very big 〔地方或房间〕小得无法转身〔幽默用法〕
6
APARTMENT
公寓
two or more rooms that you rent in a building, or stay in at a college [过时，尤英] 〔租住的或大学里的〕居室; 寓所 plural 复数 | old-fashioned especially BrE
7
PEOPLE
人们
all the people in a room 房间里的所有人 singular 单数
The whole room started singing ‘Happy Birthday’.
房间里的人都唱起了生日快乐歌。
verb
8 to rent and live in a room somewhere [美] 租住房间
9 to share a room or house with someone, especially at college 〔尤指在大学里〕与…同住一室 （处 ）
I roomed with Al at UCSD.
在加州大学圣迭戈分校的时候我和阿尔同住一个房间。