rooms

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  • 释义
  • 房间( room的名词复数 );空间;(租用的)住所;房间里所有的人;

  • 词义辨析
  • room, apartment, dormitory, flat
  • 这组词都可表示“一套房间”。它们的区别在于:
    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,有无设备都可,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。
  • room, place
  • 这两个词都可作“地方”“空地”解。它们的区别在于:place是可数名词,指某人或某物所占的特定的空间; room是不可数名词,指足够某一目的所需的空间,侧重大小、尺寸等。例如:
    This is the place where we can play tennis.这是我们打网球的地方。
    There is a lot of room to play tennis.有足够的空地打网球。
  • 下面各组中两句话的意思不同:
  • There is a double room upstairs.
    楼上有个双人房间。
    There are two rooms upstairs.
    楼上有两个房间。
    Please come to my room.
    请到我的房间来。
    Please come to my rooms.
    请到我的住所来。
  • room, board, harbour, house, lodge, shelter
  • 这组词用作动词时,都有“寄住”的意思。它们的区别是:
    1.room指“给…提供一个房间住”,仅供睡觉,不包括餐饮与娱乐。
    2.house指“遮蔽以免受气候等侵袭”(提供有顶盖、有墙、像房屋般的遮蔽)。例如:
    Many villagers volunteered to house the flood victims.许多村民自愿为水灾难民提供住处。
    3.board主要指“提供膳宿; 包食宿”,而且通常指收费的。例如:
    My aunt boards holidaymakers during the summer.夏天我的姨母收费给度假的人提供膳宿。
    She arranged to board some Chinese students from the university.她安排了这所大学的一些中国学生在她家食宿。
    Mrs. Jones makes a living by boarding students.琼斯太太靠给学生们提供食宿为生。
    4.shelter指“庇护,遮蔽”,暗示提供庇护场所,使人免受风雨、轰炸等伤害。例如:
    Many southerners sheltered runaway slaves during the Civil War.南北战争之时,许多南方人保护过逃跑的奴隶。
    You can't shelter your brother from blame in the accident.在这次事故中,你无法庇护你的弟弟免受责备。
    5.lodge指“给某人提供一个地方暂住”。例如:
    They lodged the wanderers for the night.他们为流浪汉提供住宿。
    The motel lodges thirty people a night.汽车旅馆一夜可为30个人提供住宿。
    6.harbour指“为…提供安身场所”,主要指通过不法的手段来“窝藏”,是一种违反法律的行为,常用作贬义词。例如:
    Harbouring criminals is an offence in law.窝藏罪犯是违法的。
  • room,place,space
  • 这一组名词都有空间,地方的意思。
    room有两层含义,一为“房间”,是可数名词;二表示人或物体所占的“空间或场所”、处事的“余地”等意思,是不可数名词,可用little,much,no,plenty等词修饰。可构成make room for给......让出地方;take up room占地方;leave room for留出空间给......等短语。
    place指人们从事各种活动的“地方,场所,位置”,是可数名词,常用的短语有take one’s place就坐,入席;in place在适当的位置。
    space意为“空间”,是不可数名词,表示万物存在之处,太空;作“空隙、空白”解时,是可数名词。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    The hotel amenities include health clubs, conference facilities, and banquet-ing rooms.

    饭店的便利设施包括健身俱乐部、会议设施和宴会厅。

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  • 2、

    Authorities requisitioned hotel rooms to lodge more than 3,000 stranded Christmas vacationers.

    当局征用旅馆房间安顿了3,000多名无处落脚的圣诞度假者。

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  • 3、

    He and the others withdrew to their rented rooms.

    他和其他人回到了他们租住的房间。

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  • 4、

    Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms.

    维多利亚式房屋屋顶高耸,房间布局凌乱,因此可能会显得较为阴冷。

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  • 5、

    They decided to knock the two rooms into one.

    他们决定把两间屋子打通连成一间。

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  • 6、

    Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms.

    大型油画可以增加小房间的宽敞感。

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  • 7、

    Other things being equal, most tenants would prefer single to shared rooms.

    如果其他条件不变,大多数房客都愿意住单人间而不会选择与他人同住。

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  • 8、

    In the main rooms red-hot radiators were left exposed.

    在主室里,炽热的散热器暴露在外。

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  • 9、

    Most hostel tenants would prefer single to shared rooms.

    住在招待所的人大多更喜欢单人间,而不想和别人共住一间。

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  • 10、

    His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.

    他的房间位于四方院的左侧。

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  • 11、

    Vacant rooms on the campus were being used by holidaying families.

    校园里的闲置宿舍住着一些度假的家庭。

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  • 12、

    Each of the rooms has a superb view of Pissouri Bay.

    每个房间都能将皮苏里湾的美景尽收眼底。

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  • 13、

    His rooms looked out over a narrow lane behind the college.

    从他的房间可以看见学院后面一条狭窄的小巷。

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  • 14、

    She repainted the downstairs rooms and closed off the second floor.

    她重新粉刷了楼下的房间,并把二楼封上了。

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  • 15、

    The treatment rooms lead off from the swimming pool.

    从游泳池可以通到治疗室。

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