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stay at a hotel
We stayed at a hotel near the airport.
我们住在机场附近的一家酒店。
旅馆；酒店；宾馆
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
旅馆；酒店；宾馆
an establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests
We stayed at a hotel near the airport.
我们住在机场附近的一家酒店。
为付费客人提供住宿和其他服务的机构；通常比客栈大,常为连锁之一。
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
供旅客付费住宿、用餐及享受其他服务的建筑物
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
大富翁游戏中较大的红色物业,与房屋相对。
The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
游轮上的客人住宿和餐饮部分。
The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
We booked a hotel near the beach for our summer holiday.
我们在海滩附近订了一家酒店，准备度暑假。
The hotel offers free breakfast and a swimming pool.
这家酒店提供免费早餐和游泳池。
They stayed at a small hotel in the old town.
他们住在老城区的一家小旅馆。
We stayed at a hotel near the airport.
我们住在机场附近的一家酒店。
They checked into the hotel at noon.
他们中午办理了酒店入住。
We booked a hotel in Paris.
我们在巴黎预订了一家酒店。
Not this
I stayed in hotel.
Use this
I stayed in a hotel.
Hotel是可数名词，单数形式需要冠词（a/an/the），此处应加a表示泛指一家酒店。
Not this
There are many hotel in the city.
Use this
There are many hotels in the city.
Hotel是可数名词，复数形式需加-s，many后接可数名词复数，所以用hotels。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
入住酒店
We checked into the hotel at 3 p.m.
我们在下午三点入住了酒店。
酒店房间
The hotel room was clean and comfortable.
酒店房间干净舒适。
酒店预订
I made a hotel reservation for two nights.
我预订了两晚的酒店。
住酒店
We decided to stay at a hotel near the airport.
我们决定住在机场附近的酒店。
豪华酒店
They spent their honeymoon at a luxury hotel.
他们在豪华酒店度过了蜜月。
酒店大堂
Let's meet in the hotel lobby at 8 a.m.
我们早上八点在酒店大堂见面。
欢迎来到加州旅馆
The hotel we booked had a great view of the city.
我们预订的旅馆可以俯瞰城市美景。
Use hotel naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
发音似'好太偶'，想象'好大的旅店'——客栈。
neutral
Only motel rhymes exactly with hotel (both have /oʊˈtɛl/). The other words share the -el spelling but have different vowel sounds and stress patterns, so they do not rhyme.
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