workroom
作業室
解説 Definition
仕事や作業を行うための専用の部屋。工房や作業場。
A workroom is a room where practical work is done, especially making, fixing, or preparing things. It can be found in homes, schools, studios, or workplaces. The word suggests a space used mainly for work rather than for living or relaxing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
workroom は bedroom や classroom と同じく「名詞＋room＝その目的のための部屋」という型で覚えると定着しやすいです。work が入るので、建物の中にある“作業用の一室”をまず思い浮かべれば十分。workplace は職場全体、workshop は工房や講習会の響きもありますが、workroom はもっと素直に“作業する部屋そのもの”。sewing workroom のように、具体的な作業名とセットで見ると記憶に残ります。
Learn it through the pattern `bedroom`, `classroom`, `bathroom`: noun + `room` means a room for that purpose. So a `workroom` is simply a room for doing work. Compare it with `workplace`, which can mean the whole place, not just one room.
例文
The tailor set up her sewing machine in the small workroom at the back of the shop.
仕立て屋は店の奥にある小さな作業室にミシンを設置した。
His workroom was cluttered with tools, sketches, and half-finished projects.
彼の作業室は道具やスケッチ、未完成のプロジェクトで散らかっていた。
The artist converted the spare bedroom into a bright and spacious workroom.
その芸術家は空いた寝室を明るく広々とした作業室に改装した。
workroom の類義語・関連語
workroom の語源・成り立ち Etymology
workroom は work＋room という古英語どうしの複合語。work は「働く・作る」、room は「空いた空間・部屋」で、原義はそのまま「仕事をするための部屋」。workshop や workplace と並べると、語の作られ方が見えやすい。
Workroom is a straightforward compound of work and room, both from Old English. Work meant "labor" or "making," and room originally meant open space before it came to mean a part of a building. The combined word developed naturally to mean a room set aside for doing work. It is built in the same way as words like workshop and workplace.
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