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motel

noun
🔊/məʊˈtel/
🔊/məʊˈtel/
(also motor lodge)
(North American English also motor inn)
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  1. a hotel for people who are travelling by car, with space for parking cars near the rooms汽车旅馆（附有停车设施）
    • Harry was lying on his bed in his motel room.哈利躺在旅馆房间里的床上。
    • We checked into a motel in Santa Barbara.我们入住了圣巴巴拉的一家汽车旅馆。
    Extra Examples
    • We spent a night at a motel on the way.路上我们在一个汽车旅馆过了一夜。
    • 640 miles later we arrived at a motel in Germany.640英里后，我们到达了德国的一家汽车旅馆。
    • She was arrested in a Los Angeles motel room.她在洛杉矶一家汽车旅馆的房间里被捕。
    • There are plenty of cheap roadside motels just outside town.城外路边有很多便宜的汽车旅馆。
    • They pulled into the motel parking lot.他们进入了汽车旅馆的停车场。
    Topics Buildingsc1, Holidaysc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cheap
    • seedy
    • small
    • …
    verb + motel
    • check into
    • check out of
    • stay at
    • …
    motel + noun
    • room
    • owner
    preposition
    • at a/​the motel
    • in a/​the motel
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    Word Origin1920s: blend of motor and hotel.