live in a/the dorm
He lives in a dorm.
他住在宿舍里。
宿舍
大学或学院的宿舍楼,供学生居住
a building at a college or university where students live
大学或学院的宿舍楼,供学生居住
a college or university building containing living quarters for students
I live in a dorm on campus.
我住在校园的宿舍里。
用法提示：名词，表示学生宿舍
The dorm has a common room on the first floor.
宿舍一楼有一个公共休息室。
用法提示：名词，指宿舍楼
She moved into her dorm at the start of the semester.
她学期初搬进了宿舍。
用法提示：名词，指宿舍房间或宿舍楼
He lives in a dorm.
他住在宿舍里。
dorm常作定语，如dorm room（宿舍房间）
The dorm building is old.
宿舍楼很旧。
I go back to my dorm every evening.
我每晚回我的宿舍。
grammar · medium
易错句子I live in dorm.
正确表达I live in a dorm.
‘dorm’ 是可数名词，前面需要不定冠词 ‘a’ 或定冠词 ‘the’ 等限定词。
grammar · medium
易错句子I dorm with my roommate.
正确表达I live in a dorm with my roommate.
‘dorm’ 是名词，不能用作动词。表达‘住宿舍’应使用 ‘live in a dorm’ 或 ‘stay in a dorm’。
dorm是dormitory的缩写，常用于口语；dormitory更正式，可指整栋宿舍楼或集体宿舍区域
apartment指私人拥有的独立住宅单元，而dorm是学校提供的集体宿舍，通常多人合住。
宿舍房间
My dorm room is small but cozy.
我的宿舍房间很小，但很舒适。
宿舍生活
Dorm life taught me how to get along with others.
宿舍生活教会了我如何与人相处。
新生宿舍
Most first-year students live in a freshman dorm.
大多数一年级学生住在新生宿舍。
同宿舍的人；室友
My dorm mate and I study together every evening.
我和同宿舍的人每天晚上一起学习。
住在宿舍
She decided to live in a dorm instead of an apartment.
她决定住宿舍，而不是租公寓。
大学宿舍
He moved into a college dorm last September.
他去年九月搬进了大学宿舍。
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