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white room

/waɪt ruːm/

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phrase

/waɪt ruːm/B2informalart
  • ruЧистая, стерильная или пустая комната, часто ассоциирующаяся с допросом, изоляцией или минималистичной обстановкой. Эта фраза также известна как название песни группы Cream, отсылающее к месту сенсорной депривации или умственной рефлексии.

A clean, sterile, or empty room, often associated with interrogation, isolation, or minimalist environments. The phrase is also famously used as the title of a song by the band Cream, referring to a place of sensory deprivation or mental reflection.

  1. Clean or sterile environmentB2formal

    A room that is kept extremely clean and often sterile, used for sensitive work or isolation.

    ruЧистое или стерильное помещение

    • The laboratory has a white room for handling delicate equipment.
    • Patients with weak immune systems are kept in a white room.
    • The white room is used for assembling microchips.
  2. Psychological isolationC1informal

    A metaphorical or literal space representing sensory deprivation, emptiness, or mental isolation.

    ruПсихологическая изоляция

    • After the breakup, he felt like he was trapped in a white room.
    • The interrogation took place in a stark white room.
    • She described her depression as being in a white room with no doors.