hos·tel
noun/ˈhɒstl/
/ˈhɑːstl/
- a building that provides cheap accommodation and sometimes meals to students, workers or travellers
宿舍，招待所（提供廉价住宿，有时还提供餐食） - We stayed at a student hostel during the conference.
会议期间我们住在一处学生公寓里。 - Hostel accommodation is provided for the seasonal workers.
为季节性工人提供宿舍住宿。
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb1, Holidaysb1- All we could afford was dormitory-style accommodation at a hostel.
我们所能负担的只是旅馆的宿舍式住宿。 - Hostels in the city cost about $10 a night.
城里的招待所每晚约10元。 - The building had been used as a student hostel.
这座楼曾被用作学生宿舍。 - There were several backpacker hostels in that part of the town.
镇上那个地方有几家背包客旅馆。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- student
- youth
- stay at
- accommodation
- accommodations
- at a/the hostel
- We stayed at a student hostel during the conference.
- (British English) (also shelter North American English, British English)a building, usually run by a charity, where people who have no home can stay for a short time
临时收容所；慈善收容所 - He lives in a hostel for homeless people.
他住在一家为无家可归者提供的旅馆里。
Wordfinder- beg
- benefit
- charity
- homeless
- hostel
- the poor
- poverty
- shanty town
- sweatshop
- unemployment
Extra Examples- a probation hostel for young offenders
缓刑少年犯居留所 - homeless families staying in bed and breakfast hostels
待在提供住宿和早餐的收容所中的无处栖身的家庭
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- refugee
- bed-and-breakfast
- bail
- …
- stay at
- stay in
- in a/the hostel
- He lives in a hostel for homeless people.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the general sense ‘lodging, place to stay)’ : from Old French, from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.