a home providing care for the sick or terminally ill 病人(或晚期病人)收容所,救济院 ■(archaic)a lodging for travellers, especially one run by a religious order (古)(尤指宗教团体办的)旅客招待所
语源
early 19th cent.: from French, from Latin hospitium, from hospes, hospit- (see host)