roomer

n. 房客

词形变化

roomers 复数 roomers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who rents a room.

    Near-synonyms: boarder, tenant

    She took in two roomers to make ends meet.

  2. 2.

    A residence having the specified number of rooms.

adv.
  1. 1.

    At a greater distance; farther off.

    废旧

    1607, John Harington (translator), Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, London: John Norton and Simon Waterson, Book 41, stanza 17, p. 343, Yet did the master by all meanes assay, To steare out roomer, or to keepe aloofe, Or at the least to strike sailes if they may, As in such danger was for their behoofe.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

lodger boarder

上位词 2

tenant renter

词源

From room + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 2).

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