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]
双语例句
1. He took off at once and headed back to the motel.
他立刻离开，回到汽车旅馆。
来自柯林斯例句
2. His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident.
对种族主义的憎恨促使他写了《阿尔及尔汽车旅馆事件》一书。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Motel owners and restaurant managers copped it for neglecting their clients.
汽车旅馆老板和饭店经理因为冷落顾客而受到责骂。
来自柯林斯例句
4. He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account.
他将伊丽莎白住汽车旅馆的费用和机票费用记在他的报销账目中。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Straight ahead were the low cabins of the motel.
