laboratory
英 [l?'b?r?,t(?)r?; 'l?b(?)r?,t(?)r?]
美['l?br?'t?ri]
英英釋意
- 1. a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- 2. a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation;
- "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"
- "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism"