hotel
/həʊˈtel/noun
1
- an establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travellers and tourists, by the night酒店, 旅社, 旅馆。
1.1
- chiefly Austral./NZ a public house〈主澳/新西兰〉酒吧。
2
- a code word representing the letter H, used in radio communication（无线电通讯中）字母H的代码。
USAGE
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.
词源
mid 18th cent.: from French hôtel, from Old French hostel （see HOSTEL）.