单词 | dormitory |
释义 | dormitory (dɔːʳmɪtri , US -tɔːri ) Word forms: dormitories 1. countable noun B2 A dormitory is a large bedroom where several people sleep, for example in a boarding school. ...the boys' dormitory. The latest refugees were housed in makeshift dormitories. 2. countable noun A dormitory is a building in a college or university where students live. [US] She lived in a college dormitory. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you refer to a place as a dormitory suburb or town, you mean that most of the people who live there travel to work in another, larger town a short distance away. [British] It had become almost a dormitory suburb of the city. Image of dormitory © Eviled, Shutterstock Collocations: dormitory bed So, you know, tight, hospital-cornered dormitory bed, winter time, slightly damp and fighting my way to the other end and feeling this very enclosed tight little space. Times, Sunday Times And the minimum distance between dormitory beds should be at least 900mm. Times, Sunday Times It has 19 separate general population housing units with 596 dormitory beds and 897 confined cell beds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Without the castle it might be simply another commuter dormitory town. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Could not the same be done in any dormitory town in the crowded South East? Times, Sunday Times (2007) It is very much a dormitory town for Bristol, and at the moment prices are more affordable in places closer in. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 宿舍 Japanese: 共同寝室 |
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