释义
[ moh-tel ] SHOW IPA
/ moʊˈtɛl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
Also called motor court, motor inn, motor lodge .
Origin of motel First recorded in 1920–25; blend of motor and hotel
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH motel hostel, hotel, motel Words nearby motel Moszkowski, mot, Motagua, Motais operation, mote, motel , mote spoon, motet, moth, mothball, mothballs
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Example sentences from the Web for motel Such a woman would be much more difficult to catch unawares than a teenage escort trapped in a motel room.
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Cunningham and a male friend went to the motel and entered the room.
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We were finishing steaks at a motel dining room, washing them down with beer, when the waitress could stand it no longer.
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He is said by investigators to have acknowledged going with Simonson to a motel in Rochester, Minnesota.
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The woman left the motel and went to a Panorama City 7-Eleven, where she called the police.
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Like I said, the spotel business isn't so different from the motel game back in California.
The Love of Frank Nineteen | David Carpenter Knight
We got into the parking lot of a closed summer motel with a number of other travelers.
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The car was going to take a dive into the fountain pool in front of my motel .
Vigorish | Gordon Randall Garrett
He stopped for a moment and gave a swift command into the lapel pickup, then went on to his motel room.
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She says a lot of motel owners do all right as Justices of the Peace.
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British Dictionary definitions for motel noun a roadside hotel for motorists, usually having direct access from each room or chalet to a parking space or garage
Word Origin for motel C20: from motor + hotel
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Words related to motel lodge, resort, inn, hotel, cabin, court, roadhouse, motor court