1 [C] a part of a house or building that has its own walls, floor and ceiling 房间: a sitting/dining/living room 饭厅；客厅I sat down in the waiting room until the doctor called me. 我在候诊室坐下，直到医生叫我。I'd like to book a double room for two nights next month. 我想预订一间双人房，下个月住两个晚上。

2 [U] room (for sb/sth);room (to do sth) space; enough space 空间；地方: These chairs take up too much room. 这些椅子占去太多地方。I threw away my old clothes to make room in the wardrobe for some new ones. 我扔掉了旧衣服，好腾出衣柜的地方来放些新的。There were so many people that there wasn't any room to move. 人多得不得了，简直是寸步难移。 ☞Look at space and the note at place ¹. 参看space及place^1的注释。

3 [U] room for sth the opportunity or need for sth 机会；需要: There's room for improvement in your work (= it could be much better). 你的工作还有改进的余地。The lack of time gives us very little room for manoeuvre. 时间太紧，我们几乎没有机动余地。