| 单词 | laboratory |
| 释义 | laboratory (once / 458 pages) n A laboratory is a place where experiments happen, usually scientific experiments involving chemicals and lab coats, but there are creative and athletic laboratories too, where people experiment with writing and footballs. When you think of a laboratory, you might see men and women wearing face masks pouring colorful liquids into test tubes, and you’d be correct. Any place that is a testing ground for new ideas is a laboratory, like a class full of people thinking up new ways to make paper airplanes. The Latin verb laborare means “to labor,” so remember that a laboratory is a place of hard work: you can’t spell laboratory without labor in it. WORD FAMILYlaboratory: laboratories USAGE EXAMPLESAs new research from our laboratory suggests, implicit bias is grounded in a basic human tendency to divide the social world into groups. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) For sheer saturation, there is no greater laboratory for the concept than San Diego. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) He started working in Witschi’s laboratory, first as an animal caretaker and then as a lab technician, before enrolling in medical school in 1955. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a workplace for the conduct of scientific research Syn|Hypo|Hyper lab, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory bio lab, biology lab, biology laboratory a laboratory for biological research chem lab, chemistry lab, chemistry laboratorya laboratory for research in chemistry defense laboratorya laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense physics lab, physics laboratorya laboratory for research in physics work, workplace a place where work is done 2n a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism Syn|Hyper testing ground region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth |
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