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单词 strongroom
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Definition of strongroom in English:

strongroom

noun ˈstrɒŋruːmˈstrɒŋrʊm
  • A room, typically one in a bank, designed to protect valuable items against fire and theft.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The keeper unlocked the jewels and to his amazement was seized and held in the strongroom.
    • He said the forensic investigation, which he started in September 2003, was based on a national prosecuting authority strongroom full of documents.
    • All the robbers then gained access and staff were locked in the records room after the strongroom was unlocked.
    • The crown's in the fifth box on the left in the small strongroom.
    • Kept in a strongroom, deep in the vaults of the civic centre, it remains the city council's most precious possession.
    • Tahr watched as guards locked and bolted the heavy door to the strongroom where the cargo from the wreck had been stacked.
    • They had big plans - to add the 6,500 remaining images filed in the strongroom, before starting on official council pictures.
    • Haig's bank manager had been warned by telephone to expect a party with valuable goods to be deposited in his strongroom.
    • Bester told Judge Siraj Desai that he thought it was ‘a bit odd’ to be meeting in the specially-adapted strongroom.
    • After a series of blasts, the strongroom was located by one E C Miller, who forced it with a hammer and chisel.
    • They forced the manager to open the safe and then herded him and his two colleagues into the strongroom.
    • Van der Walt said his team had unlimited access to a National Prosecuting Authority strongroom full of documents and statements.
    • There's still the small strongroom to empty, but I think we'd better leave that here.
    • Aethris is ready in the engineerium, Verdana's out on deck, acting as lookout, and Rakael's in the strongrooms, counting out treasure again.
    Synonyms
    repository, cache, store, storage place, storeroom, storehouse, warehouse, depot
 
 

Definition of strongroom in US English:

strongroom

noun
  • A room, typically one in a bank, designed to protect valuable items against fire and theft.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The crown's in the fifth box on the left in the small strongroom.
    • Aethris is ready in the engineerium, Verdana's out on deck, acting as lookout, and Rakael's in the strongrooms, counting out treasure again.
    • Haig's bank manager had been warned by telephone to expect a party with valuable goods to be deposited in his strongroom.
    • After a series of blasts, the strongroom was located by one E C Miller, who forced it with a hammer and chisel.
    • There's still the small strongroom to empty, but I think we'd better leave that here.
    • He said the forensic investigation, which he started in September 2003, was based on a national prosecuting authority strongroom full of documents.
    • Bester told Judge Siraj Desai that he thought it was ‘a bit odd’ to be meeting in the specially-adapted strongroom.
    • The keeper unlocked the jewels and to his amazement was seized and held in the strongroom.
    • They forced the manager to open the safe and then herded him and his two colleagues into the strongroom.
    • Tahr watched as guards locked and bolted the heavy door to the strongroom where the cargo from the wreck had been stacked.
    • They had big plans - to add the 6,500 remaining images filed in the strongroom, before starting on official council pictures.
    • Van der Walt said his team had unlimited access to a National Prosecuting Authority strongroom full of documents and statements.
    • Kept in a strongroom, deep in the vaults of the civic centre, it remains the city council's most precious possession.
    • All the robbers then gained access and staff were locked in the records room after the strongroom was unlocked.
    Synonyms
    repository, cache, store, storage place, storeroom, storehouse, warehouse, depot
 
 
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