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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

lodger

/loj-er/US // ˈlɒdʒ ər //UK // (ˈlɒdʒə) //

住宿者,宿主,宿者,住家

Related Words

lessee承租人,承租者,承租方,承租resident居民,驻地,居住,居住者boarder寄宿者,寄宿生,寄宿人员,寄舱员renter租房者,租用者,租户,租用人tenant租户,租客,房客,住户roomer房客,室友,室长,客房服务员

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who lives in rented quarters in another's house; roomer.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounguest
Synonyms
boarder寄宿者,寄宿生,寄宿人员,寄舱员lessee承租人,承租者,承租方,承租renter租房者,租用者,租户,租用人resident居民,驻地,居住,居住者roomer房客,室友,室长,客房服务员tenant租户,租客,房客,住户

Examples

  • In The Lodger an ominous character paced the floor, which Hitchcock constructed of glass.

  • He might have been an insufferable young man for a poverty-stricken teacher of French to have as a fellow-lodger; but he was not.

  • No child is to be boarded out in a house where sleeping accommodation is afforded to an adult lodger.

  • Aunt's lodger, I assure you, will be thoroughly well damned if he takes any stock in Owen.

  • She could not help talking of the preacher to her grand lodger Mrs. Errington, of whom she was considerably in awe.

  • As soon as he appeared I stepped forth and introduced myself as the lodger of the residencia.

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