Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #240
room
房间；室
a part of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling
- 1.
Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
空间,用于容纳某物或进行活动。
- 2.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
房间
- 3.
Sufficient space for or to do something.
足够的空间,足以容纳或做某事。
- 4.
space for movement
活动空间
- 5.
A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
船架木材之间的空间。
- 6.
opportunity for
机会
- 7.
A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
建筑物中用墙、地板和天花板隔开的独立部分；房间。
- 8.
(One's) bedroom.
(某人的)卧室。
- 9.
A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
某人居住的一套房间；住所。
- 10.
An area for working in a coal mine.
煤矿中的工作区。
- 11.
A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
洞穴中比通道更宽的部分。
- 12.
A place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
社会地位或职位；官职；等级,有时指前任空出的职位。
- 13.
A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
足够布置一个房间的家具量。
空间；余地；卧室；机会；住所；寓所；地位；职位
In use
The room has a large window that lets in a lot of sunlight.
This house has three bedrooms and a living room on the first floor.
Please clean your room before dinner.
the rooms were very small but they had a nice view
room to pass
hardly enough elbow room to turn around
room for improvement
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。
Connections
Collocations
- living room
- 客厅
- We have a comfortable sofa in the living room.我们客厅里有一张舒适的沙发。
- dining room
- 餐厅
- The dining room is next to the kitchen.餐厅在厨房旁边。
- waiting room
- 等候室
- Please take a seat in the waiting room.请在等候室坐下。
- make room
- 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？
- room for improvement
- 改进空间
- There is still room for improvement in our plan.我们的计划仍有改进空间。
- room service
- 客房服务
Learner notes
Memory Tip
room谐音'入目'，联想为进入视野的空间。
Context & Register
通常用于建筑内的具体空间，如家、酒店、办公室等，语气中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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