| 释义 |
room /ruːm， rʊm/ n. | vi. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 房间，室
a single (double) room with a view 视野开阔的单人(双人)房间
2. [rooms] 一套房间；住处；寓所
Have you any furnished rooms to let? 你有带家具的公寓房出租吗?
Come and see me in my rooms one evening. 哪天晚上请到我家来看我。
3. 房间里的人
The whole room laughed. 全房间的人都笑了。
Ask Room 107 if they want coffee. 问问107号房间的人要不要咖啡。
4. 地盘，空间
The table takes up a lot of room. 这张桌子占去很多地方。
The restaurant has room for 34. 这家餐馆有34个座位。
My mind had room only for one thought at that moment. 当时我脑子里只有一个念头。
There wouldn't be room for as much as another pin. 拥挤得连再插根针的地方也没有了。
There was no room to move around in. 全无转身活动的空间。
5. 〈喻〉余地；机会；范围
There is room for improvement in your work. 你的工作还有改进的余地。
There seems some room for negotiation (argument). 似乎还有协商(争议)的余地。
His answer left no room for doubt. 他的回答不容置疑。
They have not given me one centimetre of bargaining room. 他们连一丁点儿商讨的余地都不给我。
He thought in the countryside he had no room to display his prowess. 他认为他在农村没有施展才能的机会。
The President's room for manoeuvre has been severely limited by Congress. 总统的职权范围受到国会严格的限制。
6. 〈废〉地位；职位
II ❶ vi.
〈主美〉占一(套)房间；居住，住宿
They roomed together in the dormitory. 他们同住在宿舍里。
She is rooming with us. 她和我们同住。
❷ vt.
为…提供房间(或住处)
[< OE rūm; 与 OHG rūm 有关] phr. in sb.'s room (或 in the room of sb.) 〈古〉替代某人；接替某人 Move along and make room for me. 请往前挪一下，让出点空位给我。 make room on the shelf for some more books 在架子上腾出些地方再放些书 no (或 not) room to swing a cat 〈谑〉没有活动的余地，地方狭窄 room for 〈古〉[用于祈使句]给…让路 room in (仆人)在主人家住宿 would rather have sb.'s room than his company (或 prefer sb.'s room to his company) 希望某人不在身边 |