an establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travellers and tourists, by the night 旅社,旅馆 ■(chiefly Austral./NZ)a public house (主澳/新西兰)酒吧
a code word representing the letter H, used in radio communication (无线电通讯中)字母H的代码
语源
mid 18th cent.: from French hôtel, from Old French hostel (see hostel)
用法
The normal pronunciation of hotel sounds the h-, which means that the preceding indefinite article is a. However, the older pronunciation without the h- is still sometimes heard, and gives rise to the preceding indefinite article being an. For a discussion of this, see usage at an