A darkroom is a special room used to make photographs from old-style camera film. It is kept very dark, or lit only with a dim red or orange light, because ordinary white light would ruin the film and the paper. In that room you wash the film in liquids, then shine a controlled light onto paper until the picture slowly appears.

A darkroomdarkroom is a special room used to make photographs from old-style camera film是一種特別的房間，用來把舊式相機的底片沖印成照片。It它 is kept very dark, or lit only with a dim red or orange light會保持非常暗，或只用昏暗的紅光或橘光照明, because ordinary white light would ruin the film and the paper因為一般的白光會把底片和相紙都毀掉。In that room在那個房間裡, you wash the film in liquids你會把底片放進藥水裡沖洗, then shine a controlled light onto paper再用控制過的光照在相紙上 until the picture slowly appears直到照片慢慢顯現出來。

This is the real, technical meaning.

This這 is the real, technical meaning是它真正、技術上的意思。

Though actually, most people today take photos on phones, so a true darkroom is now something you find in art schools, hobby clubs, and with photographers who still love film.

Though actually不過其實, most people today take photos on phones現在大多數人都用手機拍照, so a true darkroom is now something you find in art schools, hobby clubs, and with photographers who still love film所以真正的 darkroom 現在只會出現在美術學校、業餘攝影社團，還有那些依然熱愛底片的攝影師身邊。

People sometimes stretch the word for any room with the lights off, but that is loose talk: a bedroom at night is just a dark room, two words, not a darkroom. When it is written as one word, think of photography.

People sometimes stretch the word for any room with the lights off有些人有時候會把這個字硬套在任何關燈的房間上, but that is loose talk但那是不精確的說法: a bedroom at night is just a dark room, two words晚上的臥室只是 a dark room（暗的房間，兩個字）, not a darkroom不是 darkroom（暗房，一個字）。When it is written as one word當它被寫成一個字的時候, think of photography就要想到攝影。