laboratory

noun

/ləˈbɒrətri/

/ˈlæbrətɔːri/

(plural laboratories)

(also informal lab)

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a room or building used for scientific research, experiments, testing, etc.
- a clinical/research laboratory
- to send a specimen to the laboratory for analysis
- in a/the laboratory The effects of weathering can be simulated in the laboratory.
- laboratory experiments/tests
- The athletes' reflexes were tested under laboratory conditions.
Wordfinder
- analysis
- evaluate
- evidence
- experiment
- hypothesis
- laboratory
- research
- result
- science
- study
see also language laboratory
Extra Examples
- She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.
- They work in a laboratory studying growth patterns.
- laboratory tests on animals
- simulated driving in a laboratory setting
Topics Educationb1, Scientific researchb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- commercial
- industrial
- school
- …
laboratory + noun
- assistant
- scientist
- technician
- …
preposition
- in a/the laboratory
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laborare ‘to labour’.

单词	laboratory
释义	laboratory noun /ləˈbɒrətri/ /ˈlæbrətɔːri/ (plural laboratories) (also informal lab) jump to other results enlarge image a room or building used for scientific research, experiments, testing, etc. a clinical/research laboratory to send a specimen to the laboratory for analysis in a/the laboratory The effects of weathering can be simulated in the laboratory. laboratory experiments/tests The athletes' reflexes were tested under laboratory conditions. Wordfinder analysis evaluate evidence experiment hypothesis laboratory research result science study see also language laboratory Extra Examples She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory. They work in a laboratory studying growth patterns. laboratory tests on animals simulated driving in a laboratory setting Topics Educationb1, Scientific researchb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective commercial industrial school … laboratory + noun assistant scientist technician … preposition in a/the laboratory See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laborare ‘to labour’.
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