motel
- 英式英标[mo\'tɛl]
- 美式音标[məʊ\'tel]
n. 汽车旅馆
n. (Motel)人名；(德)莫特尔
中文词源
motel 汽车旅馆
来自motor和hotel的合成词。
英文词源
- 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]
中文解释
1、motor + hotel.
实用例句
- 1. He took off at once and headed back to the motel.
- 他立刻离开，回到汽车旅馆。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident.
- 对种族主义的憎恨促使他写了《阿尔及尔汽车旅馆事件》一书。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Motel owners and restaurant managers copped it for neglecting their clients.
- 汽车旅馆老板和饭店经理因为冷落顾客而受到责骂。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account.
- 他将伊丽莎白住汽车旅馆的费用和机票费用记在他的报销账目中。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Straight ahead were the low cabins of the motel.
- 正前方就是汽车旅馆的低矮小木屋。
来自柯林斯例句