Word · Frequency #12442
lodger
房客；寄宿者
核心释义
a person who lives in a rented room in someone else's house
- 1.
A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).
寄宿者；房客；[法] 寄宿人
用法In use
Our lodger pays rent every Friday and keeps to himself.
用法提示：lodger 在此句中作主语，指租住他人房屋的人。
She advertised for a lodger to help cover the household bills.
用法提示：lodger 作介词 for 的宾语，表示寄宿的房客。
The old lady felt lonely, so she decided to take in a lodger.
用法提示：lodger 作及物动词短语 take in 的宾语，指在家中接纳的寄宿者。
take in a lodger
take in 是短语动词，代词宾语要放在中间，如 take him in。
She took in a lodger to help pay the mortgage.
她收了一个房客来帮忙还房贷。
have a lodger
have a lodger 强调状态，表示“家里有寄宿者”，无需强调收留动作。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- take in a lodger
- 收房客，招租
- She decided to take in a lodger to help pay the mortgage.她决定收一名房客以帮助偿还房贷。
- have a lodger
- 有寄宿者；有房客
- They have a lodger living in the spare room.他们有个房客住在闲置的房间里。
- be a lodger in
- 在……做房客
- He was a lodger in an old woman's house for years.他在一位老妇人家中做了多年房客。
流行文化与引用Pop culture & quotes
- The Lodger
- 《房客》Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 silent thriller The Lodger is a landmark of British cinema.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
lodge有寄宿之意，加-r就是寄宿在别人家的人：lodger（房客）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：私人住宅租房、日常交流 lodger 多用于指在别人家里租房居住的人，常见于私人住宅的租房场景；语气比较中性，日常口语和租房启事中都比较常见，正式法律文件里则更常用 tenant。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真押韵：dodger /ˈdɒdʒə(r)/、codger /ˈkɒdʒə(r)/ 与 lodger /ˈlɒdʒə(r)/ 读音相同。注意拼写相似的 badger /ˈbædʒə(r)/、edger /ˈɛdʒə(r)/、soldier /ˈsəʊldʒə(r)/ 元音不同，并不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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