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单词 room
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roomnoun

uk/ruːm//rʊm/us/ruːm//rʊm/

room noun (PLACE)

A1 [ C ] a part of the inside of a building that is separated from other parts by walls, floor, and ceiling:

I like this room - it has plenty of light.
I could hear people talking in the next room.
She's waiting for you in the conference room upstairs.
figurative The whole room (= all the people in the room) turned and looked at her.

a bedroom:

She's upstairs in her room.
Go tidy your room, or you can't watch TV tonight.
a single/double room (= a bedroom for one person/two people)

[ C ] used as a combining form in the names of particular rooms:

a bedroom
a bathroom
a dining room
a living room
rooms [ plural ] UK old-fashioned

a set of rented rooms, especially in a college or university

More examples

  • Leave the windows open to let the room air a bit.
  • The room was dimly lit.
  • I think this room has got a lot of potential.
  • Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by twelve noon.
  • We asked for adjoining rooms.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Parts of buildings: rooms

  • antechamber
  • anteroom
  • atelier
  • atrium
  • attic
  • ballroom
  • conservatory
  • en suite
  • eyrie
  • family room
  • form room
  • front room
  • gymnasium
  • parlour
  • reading room
  • reception room
  • refectory
  • rumpus room
  • snug
  • vault

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Houses & homes

room noun (SPACE)

B1 [ U ] the amount of space that someone or something needs:

That sofa would take up too much room in the flat.
James took the books off the little table to make room for the television.
He's fainted! Don't crowd him - give him room.
Is there (enough/any) room for me in the car?
[ + to infinitive ] There's hardly room to move in here.

[ U ] opportunity for doing something:

I feel the company has little room for/to manoeuvre.

More examples

  • If we push the table back against the wall, we'll have more room.
  • Come and stay with us - we've got bags of room.
  • Scoot over and make room for your sister.
  • We have no room for shirkers in this office.
  • Shove over, Lena, and make some room for me.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Space - general words

  • bay
  • blank
  • box
  • chamber
  • clearance
  • elbow room
  • expanse
  • floor
  • footprint
  • headroom
  • legroom
  • patch
  • space
  • spacing
  • spacious
  • spatial
  • standing room
  • way

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Freedom to act

Idiom(s)

no room for sth
room for doubt
room for improvement
no/not enough room to swing a cat

roomverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]

uk/ruːm//rʊm/us/ruːm//rʊm/US

to rent a room from someone, or share a rented room with someone:

At college he rooms with this guy from Nebraska.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Living or sleeping somewhere

  • abide
  • domiciled
  • dwell
  • exist
  • habitable
  • inhospitable
  • live in
  • live in sin idiom
  • live out
  • live-in
  • lodge
  • residence
  • residency
  • resident
  • residential
  • root
  • settle
  • settle down
  • squat
  • stay

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