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laboratories 音标拼音: [l'æbrət ,ɔriz] laboratories实验室 Laboratory \ Lab" o* ra* to* ry\, n.; pl. { Laboratories}. [ Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See { Elaborate}, { Labor.}] [ Formerly written also { elaboratory}.] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Any place, activity or situation suggestive of a scientific laboratory[ 1], especially in being conducive to learning new facts by experimentation or by systematic observation; as, the states serve as laboratories where different new policies may be tested prior to adoption throughout the country. [ PJC] |
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