an establishment which provides cheap food and lodging for a specific group of people, such as students, workers, or travellers (为特定的一群人,例如学生、工人或旅客提供廉价食宿的)招待所 ■(S. African)a single-sex barracks or dormitory for black migrant workers in urban areas or for mineworkers (南非)(为市区黑人民工或矿工提供的单性)简陋房屋(或宿舍) ■short for youth hostel youth hostel 的简称 ■(archaic)an inn providing accommodation (古)(提供食宿的)客栈
语源
Middle English (in the general sense 'lodging, place to stay') : from Old French, from medieval Latin hospitale (see hospital)