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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryhos·tel I \ˈhäs-təl\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin hospitale hospice DATE 14th century1. inn2. a. chiefly British : a supervised institutional residence b. a supervised lodging for usually young travelers — called also youth hostel II intransitive verb (-teled or -telled ; -tel·ing or -tel·ling) DATE 14th century: to stay at hostels overnight in the course of travelingEnglish Etymologyhostel 1232, from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. hostel (Fr. hôtel), from M.L. hospitale "inn, large house" (see hospital). Obsolete after 16c., revived 1808, along with hostelry (M.E. hostelrie) by Sir Walter Scott.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7hostelhos·tel / 5hCstl; NAmE 5hB:stl / noun1. a building that provides cheap accommodation and meals to students, workers or travellers 宿舍,招待所(提供廉价服务)⇨ see also youth hostel 2. (BrE) (also shel·ter NAmE, BrE) a building, usually run by a charity, where people who have no home can stay for a short time 临时收容所；慈善收容所: a hostel for the homeless 流浪者之家 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishhostel noun ADJ. refugee, student, youth | bed and breakfast | bail, probation a probation hostel for young offenders VERB + HOSTEL stay at/in homeless families staying in bed and breakfast hostels HOSTEL + NOUN accommodation PREP. at a/the ~ We stayed at a student hostel during the conference. | in a/the ~ He lives in a hostel for the homeless. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun Synonyms: HOTEL, auberge, caravansary, hospice, hostelry, inn, lodge, public house, roadhouse, tavernWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedhos·telI. \ˈhästəl\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English ostel, hostel, from Old French, from Late Latin hospitale hospice — more at hospital1. : a public house for entertaining or lodging travelers : inn < folks used to ride up the bumpy road … to dine at the little hostel— Hodding Carter >2. a. chiefly Britain : housing maintained by a public or private organization or institution: (1) : dormitory 2 (2) : a rest home or rehabilitation center for the chronically ill, the aged, or the physically handicapped (3) : living quarters for newly arrived immigrants b. : one of a system of supervised inexpensive lodgings or shelters for use by youth especially on hiking or bicycling trips — called also youth hostel3. obsolete : town houseII. \“, dial -səl\ intransitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English hostelen, from hostel, n.1. dialect England : lodge2. : to travel usually by foot or by bicycle staying at hostels overnight < hundreds of outdoor-minded vacationers will hostel alone or in independent groups of two or three this summer — Phil Spelman >

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