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in the room
room 作可数名词，表示'房间'。
There is a table in the room.
房间里有一张桌子。
房间；室
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
房间；室
a part of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling
There is a table in the room.
房间里有一张桌子。
空间,用于容纳某物或进行活动。
Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
房间
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
足够的空间,足以容纳或做某事。
Sufficient space for or to do something.
活动空间
space for movement
The room has a large window that lets in a lot of sunlight.
这个房间有一扇大窗户，光线充足。
AI contextual example
This house has three bedrooms and a living room on the first floor.
这栋房子一楼有三间卧室和一个客厅。
AI contextual example
Please clean your room before dinner.
请在晚饭前打扫你的房间。
AI contextual example
the rooms were very small but they had a nice view
房间很小,但视野很好。
WordNet
room 作可数名词，表示'房间'。
There is a table in the room.
房间里有一张桌子。
room 作不可数名词，表示'空间'。
There is no room for another chair.
没有空间再放一把椅子了。
固定短语，意为'为……腾出地方'。
Please make room for the elderly.
请给老人腾出空间。
Not this
We have a room for improvement.
Use this
We have room for improvement.
当“room”表示抽象意义上的“空间”时，是不可数名词，不能加不定冠词“a”。
Not this
I was waiting at the room.
Use this
I was waiting in the room.
表示在房间内部时，介词应用“in”，而“at”通常用于指地点或位置如“at the door”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
客厅
We have a comfortable sofa in the living room.
我们客厅里有一张舒适的沙发。
餐厅
The dining room is next to the kitchen.
餐厅在厨房旁边。
等候室
Please take a seat in the waiting room.
请在等候室坐下。
腾出空间
Could you make room for one more person?
你能再腾出一个人坐的空间吗？
改进空间
There is still room for improvement in our plan.
我们的计划仍有改进空间。
客房服务
We ordered breakfast from room service.
我们通过客房服务点了早餐。
改进的空间
The report is good, but there is room for improvement.
这份报告很好，但还有改进的空间。
为…腾出空间
Could you make room for one more person at the table?
你能在桌子旁再腾出一个人的位置吗？
狭小得无法转身
The apartment is so small there's no room to swing a cat.
这套公寓太小了，连转身的地方都没有。
在这个房间里，你和我是真实的。
We can't stay in this room forever.
我们不能永远待在这个房间里。
在我的房间里，有一个安静的地方。
She spends a lot of time in her room.
她花很多时间在自己的房间里。
发长 /uː/ 音 (如 food, boot)
Use room naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
room谐音'入目'，联想为进入视野的空间。
通常用于建筑内的具体空间，如家、酒店、办公室等，语气中性。
All listed words have the same /-uːm/ ending as 'room'. Watch out for words like 'comb' (/koʊm/), 'dome' (/doʊm/), and 'home' (/hoʊm/) which are spelled similarly but have different vowel sounds.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
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