lodging

noun
🔊/ˈlɒdʒɪŋ/
🔊/ˈlɑːdʒɪŋ/
(especially British English)
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  1. [uncountable] temporary accommodation暂住;寄宿;借宿
    • full board and lodging (= a room to stay in and all meals provided)食宿全包
  2. [countable, usually plural] (old-fashioned) a room or rooms in somebody else’s house that you rent to live in租住的房间
    • It was cheaper to live in lodgings than in a hotel.住出租的房间比住旅馆便宜。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He stays in cheap lodgings near the university.他住在大学附近的廉价住宿中。
    • He's lived in lodgings most of his life.他一生大部分时间都住在寄宿家庭中。
    • She finally took lodgings with a friend in town.她终于和一个朋友在镇上住了下来。
    Topics Houses and homesc2