caravanserai

大学

n. 商队旅馆, 大旅舍

发音

UK /ˌkæɹəˈvænsəɹaɪ/
其它
US /ˌkɛɹəˈvænsəˌɹaɪ/

词形变化

caravanserais 复数 caravanserais

别名

caravansera caravansarai caravanseray caravansaray caravansary caravansery

教材释义与例句

名词

商队旅馆，大旅舍

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A roadside inn, usually having a central courtyard where caravans (see sense 3) can rest, providing accommodation for travellers along trade routes in Asia and North Africa.

    商队旅馆

    历史
  2. 2.

    A place resembling a caravanserai (sense 1) as being a place for resting temporarily, or a meeting place (especially one that is busy, or where people of different cultures encounter each other).

    引申义
  3. 3.

    Synonym of caravan (“a convoy of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and pack animals”).

    引申义
  4. 4.

    A hostelry, an inn; also (humorous), an (upscale) hotel.

    古体 引申义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

khan caravansary

上位词 5

inn lodge hostel auberge hostelry

词源

Borrowed either: * from Middle French carvansera, carvassera (modern French caravansérail, carauanserrail (obsolete), caravansara (obsolete)); or * directly from its etymon Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray) (modern Turkish kervansaray), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (kārvān-serā); or * directly from its etymon Persian کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây), from کاروان (kârvân, “caravan; convoy”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”)) + سرای (sarây, “courtyard, hall; dwelling, house; inn; mansion, palace”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to cross over; to pass through; to overcome”). Cognates * Dutch karavanserai, carewansera (obsolete) * German Karawanserei, Caravansera (obsolete) * Italian caravanserraglio, carvasarà (obsolete), carvanserà (obsolete) * Portuguese caravançará, caravançarai * Spanish caravasar

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