modernde 一、room的意思是：
1、n.房间;空间;余地;房间里所有的人
The meeting quickly ended and Steve and I left the room
会议很快结束了，我和史蒂夫离开了房间。
2、vt.租房，合住;为…提供住处;投宿，住宿;留…住宿
I had hoped that we could room together.
我曾希望我们能够共同租房合住。
二、room的音标：英 [ru:m] 美 [rum, rʊm]
三、词源解说：
直接源自古英语的rum，意为空间。
四、词语用法：
n. (名词)
1、room的基本意思是“房间,室”,常指单人住户使用的房间,不仅可指住宅楼里,而且也可指公共宿舍,或旅馆里的单元房间,有时还指公共厨房和其他公用设施的房间。是可数名词。
2、room的另一个意思是“空间,地方,余地”,用于比喻时可指“机会”,是抽象名词,不可数,其前不可加冠词,谓语动词应用单数形式。
3、room可用动词不定式作定语,但不可用动名词作定语。
4、rooms还可作“住所”解。the smallest room的意思是“室内的厕所”,多用于英式英语的口语中。
v. (动词)
1、room用作动词时意思是“居住,寄住,租住”,仅指睡觉,不包括餐饮与娱乐。
2、room常用作不及物动词,常与介词at, with连用。
扩展资料：
一、词义辨析：
n. (名词)
room, apartment, dormitory, flat
这组词都可表示“一套房间”。其区别在于:
1、flat指比较简朴的住宅,通常占有不大或不很讲究的楼内某一层,多用于英式英语中。
2、apartment通常指单房,复数形式时指套房,也可指私人房或出租房,有无设备均可,多用在美式英语中。有时也可称作condominium或condo。例如:
He told me it cost him 1000 dollars to furnish his apartment, and I believe it.他告诉我他花了1000美元为这套住宅配置家具,这话我信。
I need to buy a new apartment so as to the more convenient to go work.我需要一套新公寓,以便上班更方便。
3、room常指单人住户使用的房间,不仅指住宅楼里,而且也指公共宿舍,或旅馆里的单元房间,有时有公共厨房和其他公用服务间。例如:
He went to Room 403.他到403室去了。
The hotel clerk assigned me a good room.旅馆招待给我安排了一个好房间。
4、dormitory指学校或机关团体提供单间或套间的集体寝室,也可指在市内工作者的郊外住宅区。例如:
The college has a dormitory for students.那所大学有一所学生宿舍。
二、词汇搭配：
1、air a room 给房间通风
2、beautify a room 美化房间
3、book a room 预订房间
4、clean a room 打扫房间
5、curtain a room 给房间挂窗布
room最常见的意思就是房间，但它还有“空间”的意思。也可以作动词
room 1
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1【in a building】
2【space】
3【opportunity/possibility】
4 there’s room for improvement
5 there’s not enough room to swing a cat
6【apartment】
7【people】
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[Language: Old English; Origin: rum]
【IN A BUILDING】 [C]
a part of the inside of a building that has its own walls, floor, and ceiling
I looked around the room.
She nodded toward a man who was standing across the room (=on the other side of the room) .
Someone was laughing in the next room (=the one beside the one you are in) .
sb’s room
(=someone’s bedroom)
Beth, it’s time to clean up your room.
bathroom/dining room/meeting room etc
the doctor’s waiting room
one-room(ed)/two-room(ed) etc
a three-room apartment
single/double room
(=a room in a hotel for one person or for two)
I’d like to book a double room for two nights.
Here’s your key – room 348.
→ front room, living room, sitting room
【SPACE】[U]
space somewhere for a particular thing, person, or activity
room in
I hope there’s going to be enough room in the fridge.
room for
My suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else.
room to do sth
The museum doesn’t have enough room to show everything in their collection.
plenty of room/enough room
There’s plenty of room in the boot for your luggage.
I’m trying to make room for a vegetable garden in the backyard.
Step back, leave room for people to get past.
The old wardrobe took up too much room .
leg-room/head-room
(=space for your legs or head in a vehicle)
→elbow-room at elbow 1 (5)
【OPPORTUNITY/POSSIBILITY】[U]
the chance to do something, or the possibility that something exists or can happen
room for
There’s little room for innovation.
room for doubt/debate/argument etc
The evidence was clear, and there was little room for doubt.
room for manoeuvre
BrE /room for maneuver
AmE (=the possibility of changing what you do or decide)
Teachers feel they have little room for manoeuvre when the curriculum is so demanding.
room to do sth
Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity.
Make room in your day for exercise.
there’s room for improvement
used to say that something is not perfect and needs to be improved
The report shows that there is room for improvement.
there’s not enough room to swing a cat
used humorously to say that an area or room is not very big
【APARTMENT】
rooms [plural] old-fashioned especially BrE two or more rooms that you rent in a building, or stay in at a college
【PEOPLE】 [singular]
all the people in a room
The whole room started singing ‘Happy Birthday’.
最基本的就是 “房间”的意思。
在实用美式英语中如果 room 前面加上一些字，意思就稍微更清楚些。
例如：
Living room 客厅
Dining room 饭厅
bedroom 卧室
bathroom 卫生间
guest room 客房
meeting room 会议厅
空间 房间
房间
