lab

noun
🔊/læb/
🔊/læb/
(informal)
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  1. a laboratory
    • a computer/research lab计算机/研究实验室
    • the school science labs学校科学实验室
    • in a lab She'd been working in the lab all day.她整天都在实验室里工作。
    • a lab technician实验室技术员
    • a lab coat (= a white coat worn by scientists, etc. working in a laboratory)实验室白大褂
    see also crime labTopics Buildingsa2, Scientific researcha2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLab is used before these nouns:
    • animal
    • bench
    • coat
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: abbreviation.