hostel

n. 旅社，招待所（尤指青年旅社）

中文词源

hostel 旅舍，招待所

来自古法语hostel,客店，寄宿处，来自拉丁语hospes,客人，来自PIE*ghostis,外来人，陌生人，词源同guest.

hostel: hostel: see hotel
hostel (n.): early 13c., from Old French hostel "inn, lodgings, shelter" (11c., Modern French hôtel), from Medieval Latin hospitale "inn, large house" (see hospital). Obsolete after 16c., revived 1808, along with hostelry (Middle English hostelrie) by Sir Walter Scott. The sense in youth hostel is recorded by 1931.

1. host, hotel => hostel.

1. Most hostel tenants would prefer single to shared rooms.: 住在招待所的人大多更喜欢单人间，而不想和别人共住一间。

2. Mr Burns has actively campaigned against a hostel being set up here.: 伯恩斯先生积极活动，反对在这儿建青年旅舍。