hostel

英 [ˈhɒstl]

美 [ˈhɑːstl]

n. 宿舍，招待所(提供廉价食宿服务); 临时收容所; 慈善收容所
vi. 留宿于招待所

复数：hostels　现在分词：hostelling　

Collins.2 / BNC.6011 / COCA.16015

牛津词典

noun

宿舍，招待所（提供廉价食宿服务）
a building that provides cheap accommodation and meals to students, workers or travellers
临时收容所；慈善收容所
a building, usually run by a charity, where people who have no home can stay for a short time
1. a hostel for the homeless
  流浪者之家

noun

inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
Synonym:youth hostelstudent lodging
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
Synonym:hostelryinnlodgeauberge

The hostel is well situated.
招待所地点适中。
Backpackers stay in youth hostel dormitories, but that is because they cannot afford to pay for privacy.
背包客们会选择青年旅社的宿舍，但那是因为他们掏不起维护自己隐私的钱。
I am staying at the female hostel.
我将留在女招待所。
He'd been working at the local hostel for the handicapped on a voluntary basis.
他曾在当地的残疾人救助站当过义工。
'What a dump!' Christabel said, standing in the doorway of the youth hostel.
“真够脏乱的！”克丽丝特布尔站在青年旅社的门口说道。
Back to hostel yet? To eat yet?
回到宿舍了没有？吃饭了没有？
Do I have to be a member to stay at an HI hostel?
我一定要成为会员才可以在HI旅舍入住吗？
He stayed in a youth hostel when he was in London.
在伦敦的时候，他呆在一家青年招待所里。
It's a Salvation Army hostel for homeless men and women.
这是一家为无家可归者所设的救世军招待所。
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。