1
live in a/the dormitory
表示居住场所，常用介词 in。
Many students live in the dormitory on campus.
许多学生住在校园内的宿舍里。
宿舍；宿舍楼
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
宿舍；宿舍楼
a building or part of a building where students, soldiers, monks, etc. live and sleep
Many students live in the dormitory on campus.
许多学生住在校园内的宿舍里。
一间有多张床铺(通常还有家具和/或设施)供睡觉用的房间,常指学生和背包客住宿。
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
大学或学院的学生宿舍楼。
a college or university building containing living quarters for students
供学生、士兵、僧侣等居住的建筑物或建筑的一部分,他们在此睡觉并使用公用设施。
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
容纳多张床的大卧室。
a large sleeping room containing several beds
I live in a dormitory on campus.
我住在校园宿舍。
The dormitory has a common room on the first floor.
宿舍一楼有一间公共休息室。
She moved into her dormitory last week.
她上周搬进了她的宿舍。
表示居住场所，常用介词 in。
Many students live in the dormitory on campus.
许多学生住在校园内的宿舍里。
名词作定语，表示宿舍的某个部分或设施。
She decorated her dormitory room with posters.
她用海报装饰了她的宿舍房间。
表示返回宿舍，常用介词 to。
He goes back to the dormitory after class.
他课后回到宿舍。
Not this
I sleep in dormitory.
Use this
I sleep in a dormitory.
dormitory 是可数名词单数，在句子中需要冠词 a 或 the。
Not this
There are many dormitory in the school.
Use this
There are many dormitories in the school.
dormitory 的复数形式是 dormitories，而不是保持原形。
Not this
She lives in a dormitary.
Use this
She lives in a dormitory.
单词拼写错误，正确拼写为 dormitory，不是 dormitary。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
学生宿舍
She lives in a student dormitory on campus.
她住在校园里的学生宿舍。
宿舍房间
He shares a dormitory room with three other freshmen.
他和另外三名大一新生合住一间宿舍房间。
宿舍楼
The new dormitory building can house eight hundred students.
新宿舍楼可容纳八百名学生。
住在宿舍
Many international students choose to live in a dormitory during their first year.
许多国际学生选择在第一年住在宿舍。
宿舍住宿
The university provides dormitory accommodation for all first-year students.
大学为所有一年级学生提供宿舍住宿。
宿舍生活
Adjusting to dormitory life takes time for new students.
适应宿舍生活对新学生来说需要时间。
卧城；通勤住宅城镇
Many residents of this dormitory town commute to the city every day.
这个卧城的许多居民每天通勤到城里上班。
Use dormitory naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
dormitory = dorm（宿舍简称）+ itory（像 territory“地盘”），想象宿舍是学生睡觉的“地盘”，摆满床。
语域：neutral 常见场景：学生宿舍、青年旅舍、大学校园 该词为中性词，多用于学生宿舍、青年旅舍等住宿场景，正式和日常语境中都比较常见。
真正与 dormitory 末尾 /tɔɹi/ 押韵的是 territory、laboratory、inventory，story 的韵脚 /ɔɹi/ 亦相同；但 factory、victory 的 -tory 弱读为 /təri/，并不押韵，请注意拼写陷阱。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.