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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- boiler room
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boiler factory
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boiler factory
Collins English-English Dictionary
- boiler room
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n
any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc
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the part of a steam ship that houses the boilers and furnaces
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the room or department in which the real work of an organization goes on unseen
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(chiefly US) an office used by a team of telephone salespeople, esp of stocks and shares, operating under high pressure
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a fraudulent scheme in which investors are encouraged to buy non-existent, worthless, or over-priced shares
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(as modifier)
- a boiler-room scam
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any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc
Examples
- a boiler-room scam → boiler room
- 我们学校的锅炉房离宿舍太远了, 打趟水要走好久。
- In our school the boiler room is far from the dormitory, so we need to walk a long way to get hot water. → 锅炉房
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