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单词 bed-and-breakfast
释义

bed-and-breakfast

or bed and break·fast

[ bed-n-brek-fuhst ]
/ ˈbɛd nˈbrɛk fəst /
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noun

an accommodation offered by an inn, hotel, or especially a private home, consisting of a room for the night and breakfast the next morning for one inclusive price.
an inn, hotel, or private home offering such an accommodation. Abbreviation: B&B

Origin of bed-and-breakfast

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby bed-and-breakfast

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Example sentences from the Web for bed-and-breakfast

  • Instead, I stayed in a bed-and-breakfast kind of place near the sea, so near that everything in it felt damp all the time.

    My Time on the Set of 'Jaws,' or How to Get a Photo of a Frickin' Mechanical Shark|Tom Shales|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • I was brought up Italian, and taught how to work a room and take care of the guests at the bed-and-breakfast my parents owned.

    Steven Tyler's Idol Reincarnation|Peter Lauria|January 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for bed-and-breakfast

bed and breakfast
/ mainly British /

noun

(in a hotel, boarding house, etc) overnight accommodation and breakfast

adjective

(of a stock-exchange transaction) establishing a loss for tax purposes, shares being sold after hours one evening and bought back the next morning when the market opens
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with bed-and-breakfast

bed and breakfast

Also, B and B. A hotel or other hostelry that offers a room for the night and a morning meal at an inclusive price. For example, Staying at a bed and breakfast meant never having to plan morning meals. This term and the practice originated in Britain and have become widespread. [Early 1900s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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