room[ru:m; rum]

• n.
  • 室，屋，房间
  • [复数]一套房间；住所
  • 聚在屋里的人
  • 空位；地盘，空间
  • 余地；机会
  • [废语]地位；职位
• vi.
  • [美国英语]居住；住宿：

    They roomed together in Beijing University for three years.

    他们在北京大学上学时在一个房间里住了三年。

• vt.
  • 留…住宿；为…提供住处
• 短语:
  • do one's room 收拾房间
  • give room 挪开一点，让开；腾地方(或位置)
  • in someone's room 继承某人；代替某人；接替某人的位置[亦作in the room of someone]
  • keep one's room (因事或因病)留在家里
  • leave the room [口语]上厕所
  • local room [美国俚语]地方新闻编辑部
  • make room for(或give room to) 让地方(或位置)给…；为…腾出位置
  • no room to swing a cat 地方狭窄，活动不开
  • prefer someone's room to his company 希望某人走开；不愿见到某人；不愿与某人相处
  • room and to spare 充裕，富裕
  • spare room
    • 家中备用的房间
    • [美国英语]客房
  • would rather have someone's room than his company = prefer someone's room to his company