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houseroom
noun[ U ]
UK(alsohouse-room)uk /ˈhaʊs.ruːm//ˈhaʊs.rʊm/ us /ˈhaʊs.ruːm//ˈhaʊs.rʊm/
give something/someone houseroom(alsogive houseroom to something/someone)
to allow something or someone to remain in your house: 让某人（或物）在家里留下来
wouldn't give someone/something houseroomMost of the furniture is so ugly, you wouldn't give it houseroom.大多数家具都很难看，你不会想留下来的。
to consider or allow something or someone as a possibility: 考虑某事或某人
I don't know why they give houseroom to such idiotic complaints. 我不懂他们为什么会受理这种愚蠢的投诉。
The government needs its collective head examined for even giving the idea house-room.连这种思想都会有市场，说明政府的集体领导机制需要审查了。
We'll give the piano houseroom until you get back.
She refused to give him either food, money or house-room.
Few in this grounded and unpretentious community gave houseroom to such a fanciful idea.
He's a good manager but the fans wouldn't give him house-room.
Even if England manage to win today, there should be no houseroom given to complacency.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Possible and probable
add credence to something
always
anything's possibleidiom
arguably
as never beforeidiom
bet
fair
happen
I shouldn't wonderidiom
in with a chance
it isn't over until the fat lady singsidiom
lean
manage
probabilistically
probability
probable
probably
prospective
tend
tip
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