1530s, "supplying of meals, food and lodging," from board (n.1) in its extended sense of "food" (via notion of "table"). Boarding-school is from 1670s; boarding-house attested from 1728.
雙語例句
1. Of course, now she is away at boarding school.
當然，她現(xiàn)在住在寄宿學校那邊。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She sent her son to a boarding school in the East.
她送兒子上了東部的一所寄宿學校。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He found the transition to boarding school excruciatingly painful.
他發(fā)現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)到寄宿學校極其痛苦。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Annual boarding fees are ￡10,350.
每年的寄宿費為10,350英鎊。
來自柯林斯例句
5. We were sent to boarding school at a tender age.