• n. 汽車旅館
• n. (Motel)人名；(德)莫特爾

來自motor和hotel的合成詞。

motel (n.)

1925, coined from motor- + hotel. Originally a hotel for automobile travelers.

The Milestone Interstate Corporation ... proposes to build and operate a chain of motor hotels between San Diego and Seattle, the hotels to have the name 'Motel.' ["Hotel Monthly," March 1925]

1. He took off at once and headed back to the motel.

他立刻離開，回到汽車旅館。

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2. His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident.

對種族主義的憎恨促使他寫了《阿爾及爾汽車旅館事件》一書。

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3. Motel owners and restaurant managers copped it for neglecting their clients.

汽車旅館老板和飯店經(jīng)理因為冷落顧客而受到責罵。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account.

他將伊麗莎白住汽車旅館的費用和機票費用記在他的報銷賬目中。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Straight ahead were the low cabins of the motel.

正前方就是汽車旅館的低矮小木屋。

來自柯林斯例句