laboratory

laboratory
[ləˈbɒrəˌt(ə)ri, ˈlab(ə)rəˌt(ə)ri]
(pl. -ies)
  1. 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
  1. early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laborare 'to labour'
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