Word · Frequency #16260
motel
汽车旅馆
核心释义
a motor hotel
- 1.
一种旅馆或住宿设施,通常位于主要公路附近,其典型特点是房间入口紧邻停车场,方便住客直接存取汽车。
A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.
- 2.
汽车旅馆
a motor hotel
- 3.
一种廉价短住旅馆,通常按小时计费而非按天,因允许非法性行为而臭名昭著；情人旅馆。
A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.
一种旅馆或住宿设施,通常位于主要公路附近,其典型特点是房间入口紧邻停车场,方便住客直接存取汽车。；一种廉价短住旅馆,通常按小时计费而非按天,因允许非法性行为而臭名昭著；情人旅馆。
用法In use
We stayed at a small motel near the highway last night.
用法提示：motel 是名词，指汽车旅馆。
The motel offers free parking outside every room.
用法提示：motel 作名词，表示汽车旅馆。
Most motels along this road are fully booked in summer.
用法提示：motels 是 motel 的复数形式，仍作名词。
stay at a motel
表示“住在汽车旅馆”常用 stay at，也可以用 check into 表示“办理入住”。
We stayed at a motel outside the city.
我们住在城郊的一家汽车旅馆。
check into a motel
They checked into a motel for the night.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- stay at a motel
- 住汽车旅馆
- We decided to stay at a motel near the highway.我们决定住在高速公路附近的一家汽车旅馆。
- check into a motel
- 办理汽车旅馆入住
- They checked into a motel after a long drive.长途驾车后他们办理了一家汽车旅馆的入住。
- motel room
- 汽车旅馆房间
- The motel room was small but clean.汽车旅馆房间虽小但很干净。
- cheap motel
- 便宜的汽车旅馆
- We looked for a cheap motel to save money.我们找了一家便宜的汽车旅馆以省钱。
- roadside motel
- 路边的汽车旅馆
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记住 motel 是 motor（汽车）+ hotel（旅馆）的合体：开车旅行时停靠的汽车旅馆。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：旅行住宿、公路旅行、预订住宿 motel 通常指公路旁设有停车位的汽车旅馆，比较常见于自驾旅行等场景；该词在正式和非正式场合都可以使用，多用作中性词。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
hotel, cartel, bell, cell and well all rhyme with motel's stressed syllable /tɛl/; hotel and cartel share the spelling '-tel', while bell, cell and well use '-ell'. Beware: model looks similar with its '-el' ending but is pronounced /ˈmɑːdəl/ and does not rhyme.
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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