词汇精选：motel的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
汽车旅馆
例句：
They went down the corridor toward the front of the motel.
他们顺着走廊向汽车旅馆的正门走去。
例句：
The room rates at this motel range from $30 to $50 per day.
这个汽车旅馆的房价每天从30美元到50美元不等。
例句：
He stayed one night in a [motel] and went on travelling.
他在一家汽车旅馆呆了一晚上，就又接着旅行了。
二、词义辨析：
hotel,inn,motel
这些名词都有“旅馆，客店”之意。hotel指开设于城镇，有一定设备，可提供食宿的旅馆。inn多指开设于乡间、路边，设备简陋的小旅店。motel系motor hotel的混合缩写词，指美国开设于公路旁，专供驾驶汽车的旅客往宿和有停车场的旅店。
三、参考例句：
My wife was nearly to a motel.
我妻子近乎歇斯底里，她要去汽车旅馆住宿。
They stayed in a motel for the night.
他们在一家汽车旅馆过夜。
The travelers sat down in the motel near the beach.
旅游者在海滨附近的汽车旅店住了下来。
The word "motel" means motorist hotel and is used chiefly by people traveling by car.
“汽车游客旅馆”，是指驾车旅行者的旅馆，主要供驾车旅行的人住宿。
I'll stop by the motel and rinse off a bit before coming out.
我先到旅店去冲个澡再出来。
Over breakfast at my motel, I fell into conversation with the owner of a hardware shop.
我在汽车旅店吃早饭时，和一位五金店的老板聊了起来。
He stayed one night in a motel and went on travelling.
他在一家汽车旅馆呆了一晚上，就又接着旅行了。
The room rates at this motel range from $30 to $50 per day.
这个汽车旅馆的房价每天从30美元到50美元不等。
The room rates at this motel range from $30 to $50 per day.
这个汽车旅馆的房价每天从30美元到50美元不等。
Should I go back to the motel and wait for you to telephone?
我要回汽车旅馆等你电话吗？
