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| 1 | C a part of a building with a floor , walls, and a ceiling 房间；室；屋子 |
| Annie got up and left the room. 安妮起床并离开了房间。 |
| On the second floor were two large empty rooms. 2楼有两间空置的大屋子。 |
| | 1a | C a bedroom in a home or in a place such as a hotel （家中或宾馆里的）卧室，房间 | | My mum told me to tidy my room. 妈妈要我打扫卧室。 | | I’ m staying in Room 52. 我住在52号房间。 | | a double/twin/single room 双/单人间 | |
| | 1b | C all the people in a room 房间里的所有人 | | The whole room stood up and cheered. 房间里的所有人都站起来欢呼。 | |
| | 1c | plural a set of rooms that you rent , usually in another person’ s house or in a college （通常在别人家或大学里）租住的一套公寓 | |
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| 2 | U the amount of space needed for a particular purpose 空间；地方 |
| There isn’ t much room in here. 这里没有什么地方了。 |
| +for Is there room for one more in your car? 你的汽车里还可以多坐一个人吗？ |
| room for sb to do sth There was just enough room for them all to sit down. 地方刚好能坐下他们所有的人。 |
| room to do sth The band was good, but there was no room to dance. 乐队不错，就是没有跳舞的地方。 |
| take up room This table takes up too much room. 这张桌子太占地方了。 |
| make room (=create space by moving other things) We need to make room in here for the computer. 腾出地方 |
| leave room for sth Leave room between each plant for the roots to grow. 植株之间留出根系生长所需的空间。 |
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| 3 | U +for the possibility for something to exist or happen 余地；机会；可能性 |
| There is plenty of room for disagreement in this controversial area. 在这个有争议的地区还有许多商讨分歧的余地。 |
| There’ s no room for doubt as to who did this. 至于谁做的这件事，没有什么好怀疑的。 |
| there is room for improvement (=an indirect way of saying something is not very good) There is clearly room for improvement in a number of management areas. 有改进的余地 |
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| - | not enough room to swing a cat informal
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| used for saying that a room is very small and there is not enough space to live comfortably in it |
| 没有活动的余地；地方狭窄 |
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| - | room for manoeuvre
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| the opportunity to change or do things in a different way |
| 回旋的余地；变通的机会 |
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| Words frequently used with room | | room 的常见搭配词 | | nouns | argument, complacency, debate, disagreement, doubt, improvement, | 3 | | | |
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