a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, typically occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, or other employee (公园、大房子门口看门人、园丁及其他雇工居住的)小屋 ■a small country house occupied in season for sports such as hunting, shooting, fishing, and skiing (狩猎、射击、钓鱼、滑雪时节供人用的)乡间小屋 a hunting lodge. 狩猎小屋。 ■[in names]a large house or hotel [用于名字中]宅,舍,旅馆 Cumberland Lodge. 坎伯兰宅。 ■a porter's quarters at the main entrance of a college or other large building (大学及其他大建筑门口的)门房 ■the residence of a head of a college, especially at Cambridge (剑桥的)学院院长住宅 ■an American Indian tent or wigwam 印第安锥形棚屋 ■a beaver's den 海狸窝
a branch or meeting place of an organization such as the Freemasons (共济会的)支部,会议室
verb
[with obj.]present (a complaint, appeal, claim, etc.) formally to the proper authorities (向有关当局)正式提出(申诉,上诉,索赔) he has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal. 他可以在28天内提出上诉。 ■(lodge something in/with)leave money or a valuable item in (a place) or with (someone) for safe keeping 存放,寄放(钱,重要物品)
[with adverbial of place]make or become firmly fixed or embedded in a particular place 把…嵌入 [with obj.]they had to remove a bullet lodged near his spine. 他们要取出钻入他脊柱附近的子弹。 [no obj.]the image had lodged in her mind. 那景象嵌入了她的脑海。
[no obj., with adverbial]stay or sleep in another person's house, paying money for one's accommodation 租房 the man who lodged in the room next door. 租住隔壁房间的人。 ■[with obj. and adverbial]provide (someone) with a place to sleep or stay in return for payment 出租房子
[with obj.](of wind or rain) flatten (a standing crop) (风,雨)使(庄稼)倒伏 [as adj. lodged]rain that soaks standing or lodged crops. 雨把立着的和倒伏的庄稼都泡得湿湿的。 ■[no obj.](of a crop) be flattened in such a way (庄稼)倒伏的
语源
Middle English loge, via Old French loge 'arbour', hut from medieval Latin laubia, lobia (see lobby), of Germanic origin; related to German Laube 'arbour'