motel
英 [m??'tel]
美[mo't?l]
- n. 汽車旅館
- n. (Motel)人名；(德)莫特爾
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?motels;
助記提示
1、motor + hotel.
中文詞源
motel 汽車旅館
來自motor和hotel的合成詞。
英文詞源
- motel (n.)
- 1925, coined from motor- + hotel. Originally a hotel for automobile travelers.
The Milestone Interstate Corporation ... proposes to build and operate a chain of motor hotels between San Diego and Seattle, the hotels to have the name 'Motel.' ["Hotel Monthly," March 1925]
雙語例句
- 1. He took off at once and headed back to the motel.
- 他立刻離開，回到汽車旅館。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident.
- 對種族主義的憎恨促使他寫了《阿爾及爾汽車旅館事件》一書。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Motel owners and restaurant managers copped it for neglecting their clients.
- 汽車旅館老板和飯店經(jīng)理因為冷落顧客而受到責罵。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account.
- 他將伊麗莎白住汽車旅館的費用和機票費用記在他的報銷賬目中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Straight ahead were the low cabins of the motel.
- 正前方就是汽車旅館的低矮小木屋。
來自柯林斯例句
