資料來源 : pyDict
實驗室,研究室;實驗課
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Laboratory \Lab"o*ra*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Laboratories}. [Shortened
fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See
{Elaborate}, {Labor.}] [Formerly written also {elaboratory.}]
The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to
experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical,
physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a
place where something is prepared, or some operation is
performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.
資料來源 : WordNet®
laboratory
n 1: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: {lab},
{research lab}, {research laboratory}, {science lab}, {science
laboratory}]
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"
[syn: {testing ground}]