hostel

hostel
noun
  1. 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
  1. Middle English (in the general sense 'lodging, place to stay') : from Old French, from medieval Latin hospitale (see hospital)
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