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motel

英 [məʊ'tel] 美[mo'tɛl]

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n. 汽车旅馆
n. (Motel)人名；(德)莫特尔

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词态变化

复数: motels;

助记提示

1、motor + hotel.

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]

双语例句

1. He took off at once and headed back to the motel.: 他立刻离开，回到汽车旅馆。

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。

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。

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。

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。