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hostelry

/hos-tl-ree/US // ˈhɒs tl ri //UK // (ˈhɒstəlrɪ) //

旅店,旅社,旅馆,旅店业

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hos·tel·ries.

    • : an inn or hotel.

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Examples

  • My friend Tom, an inveterate New York-Florida driver, tells me that the finest hostelry on the route is a Hampton Inn.

  • We revelled in its resemblance, or its fancied resemblance to the famous old hostelry kept by old John Willet.

  • By noon they had reached Voiron, and here, at a quiet hostelry, they descended to pause awhile for rest and refreshment.

  • There was a fire burning in the general-room of the hostelry, and Garnache went to warm him at its cheerful blaze.

  • We must now be supposed to have reached the entrance of the hostelry, for indeed it was a Covent Garden tavern and nothing more.

  • So by wood and mere and sighing reed we pass with many a twist and turn until we reach the hostelry of Horning Ferry.