room是长音还是短音
room做为单词是长音,但在合成词中是短音。room的基本意思是“房间,室”,常指单人住户使用的房间,不仅可指住宅楼里,而且也可指公共宿舍。是可数名词。room的另一个意思是“空间,地方,余地”,用于比喻时可指“机会”,是抽象名词,不可数,其前不可加冠词,谓语动词应用单数形式。room可用动词不定式作定语,但不可用动名词作定语。
例句:
1、The light went out,and the room was plunged into darkness.
灯熄了,屋里陷入一片漆黑。
2、The room was quiet;no one volunteered any further information.
房间很安静,无人主动提供更多的信息。
3、I took the phone,and she went discreetly into the living room.
我拿起了电话,她知趣地进了客厅。
4、There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe.
“沙锥鸟”战斗机的驾驶舱空间不太宽敞。