• n. 旅社，招待所（尤指青年旅社）

來自古法語hostel,客店，寄宿處，來自拉丁語hospes,客人，來自PIE*ghostis,外來人，陌生人，詞源同guest.

hostel

hostel: see hotel

hostel (n.)

early 13c., from Old French hostel "inn, lodgings, shelter" (11c., Modern French h?tel), from Medieval Latin hospitale "inn, large house" (see hospital). Obsolete after 16c., revived 1808, along with hostelry (Middle English hostelrie) by Sir Walter Scott. The sense in youth hostel is recorded by 1931.

1. Most hostel tenants would prefer single to shared rooms.

住在招待所的人大多更喜歡單人間，而不想和別人共住一間。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Mr Burns has actively campaigned against a hostel being set up here.

伯恩斯先生積極活動，反對在這兒建青年旅舍。

來自柯林斯例句

3. a hostel for the homeless

流浪者之家

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. The hostel is heavily reliant upon charity.

這家收容所在很大程度上依賴贊助。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. the warden of a youth hostel

青年旅舍的管理員

來自《權(quán)威詞典》