laboratory [ləˈbɒrəˌt(ə)ri, ˈlab(ə)rəˌt(ə)ri] (pl. -ies)
a room or building fitted out for scientific experiments, research, or teaching, or for the manufacture of drugs or chemicals 实验室 [as modifier]laboratory tests. 实验室检验。 ■[as modifier](of an animal) bred for or used in experiments in laboratories (动物)实验用的 studies on laboratory rats. 对实验用鼠的研究。
语源
early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laborare 'to labour'