dormitory
美音:
[´dɔ:mə´tɔ:rı
]英音:
[´dɔ:mə´tɔ:rı
]n.宿舍
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dormitory为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:dormitories
词根
dorm=to sleep(睡眠)
dormitory
/'dɔ:mɪtrɪ; [US] -tɔ:rɪ; `dɔrmə,tɔrɪ/
n
1 sleeping-room with a number of beds, esp in a school or some other institution 宿舍.
2 (US) building at a college, university, etc containing students' rooms for living and sleeping (大学等的)学生宿舍.
dormitory
npluraldormitories[C][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;Origin: dormitorium, from dormire
'to sleep']
especially BrE a large room for several people to sleep in, for example in a
boarding school or
hostelAmE a large building at a college or university where students live
British Equivalent:
hall of residence
1. Boys who live at school sleep in a dormitory. 住校的男生在宿舍里睡觉。
2. A dormitory-style home has been built for the dozens of homeless street children who once wandered the city. 为几十个流浪街头、无家可归的孩子建起了集体宿舍。
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