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单词 laboratory
释义 lab·o·ra·to·ry
I. \ˈlabrəˌtōrē, -tȯr-, -ri sometimes ˈlabər-, chiefly in substand speech by r-dissimilation ˈlabəˌt-, chiefly Brit ləˈbärə.tri or -ärətəri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laboratus (past participle of laborare to labor) + -orium -ory — more at labor
1.
 a. : a place devoted to experimental study in any branch of natural science or to the application of scientific principles in testing and analysis or in the preparation usually on a small scale of drugs, chemicals, explosives, or other products or substaces
  < a chemical laboratory >
  < a biological laboratory >
  < a rolling crime laboratory >
  < the weather research plane, a powerful flying laboratory — Walter Hayward >
 b. : a place equipped for or an organized activity involving experimentation or observation in a field of study (as child development) or practice in a skill (as reading)
  < was equipped with a psychology laboratory >
  < composition laboratory … for students requiring special help in English fundamentals — King College Bulletin >
 c. : a period in an academic schedule set aside for laboratory work
  < a course with two lectures and one laboratory a week >
2.
 a. : something resembling a laboratory in carrying on a process of production or testing
  < the laboratory of the mind >
  < the laboratory of ongoing human experience — L.A.Weigle >
 b. : an environment that provides opportunity for systematic observation, experimentation, or practice
  < a settlement house serving as a sociological laboratory >
  < the new nation of Israel, a social laboratory >
3. : the hearth of a reverberatory furnace
II. adjective
1. : of, working, used, or done in a laboratory
 < get laboratory approval for the new appliance >
 < a laboratory assistant in accounting >
 < a laboratory manual >
 < perform laboratory experiments >
2. : befitting, suggestive of, or resembling that of a laboratory
 < insisted on … laboratory conditions in an election — New York Times >
 < a cheap liquor … had a fierce laboratory flavor — Norman Lewis >
 < a kind of laboratory method in fiction — Robert Humphrey >
3. : of or involving observation or experimentation or practice for educational purposes
 < a laboratory period >
 < a laboratory course >
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