moteln.

Brit.

/məʊˈtɛl/, U.S.

/moʊˈtɛl/

Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: motor n., hotel n.

Etymology: Blend of motor n. and hotel n.

Originally U.S.

A roadside hotel catering primarily for motorists, typically having rooms arranged in low blocks with parking directly outside.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > hotel

hotel1687

hotel garni1744

lodgea1817

gasthof1832

temperance house1833

temperance hotel1837

railway hotel1839

palace hotel1844

parador1845

caravanserai1848

resort hotel1886

metropole1890

Ritz1900

trust house1902

apartment hotel1909

welfare hotel1915

motel1925

motor hotel1925

auto court1926

motor court1936

motor lodge1936

residential1940

botel1956

floatel1959

apartotel1965

motor inn1967

1925 Los Angeles Times 18 Jan. ii. 7/2 The word ‘Motel’, which has been copyrighted, means motor hotels... The manager of the Motel will present the driver with a key which opens..one of the six charming little rooms of the bungalow court.

1931 Sociol. & Social Res. 15 372 The new kind of cottage hotel (e.g., ‘Motel’), luxuriously furnished and served like any other hotel, but placed directly on the highway.

1947 A. Huxley Let. 14 Nov. (1969) 575 The Blue Bird Motel in Little Rock, Ark, where we have been held up by torrential rains.

1955 Times 28 June 5/7 Although the ‘motel’ is still regarded as a novelty in the United Kingdom, an establishment of that kind was opened (and is still operating) at Boroughbridge..some time before the war.

1974 Washington Post 11 May e23/1 The oldest motel in America is alive and well..in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

1991 Holiday Which? Jan. 4/1 Worried about their safety, the Allens moved to a different motel.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as motel-keeper, motel room, etc.

ΚΠ

1946 Billboard 1 June 101/3 In the motel business, more than a billion dollar total investment brings an estimated $650,000,000 annual gross.

1952 Changing Times Oct. 36/2 There seems to be no end to the motel boom.

1953 Billboard 3 Oct. 51/3 Sports writers..who could not be accommodated in the hotels..were billeted in motel rooms or apartments around town.

1958 Times 24 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. viii/6 He has almost no contact with..the motel employees.

1962 Listener 25 Oct. 692/3 The vast motel-resort..now in the process of erection outside Seoul.

1970 New Yorker 10 Oct. 141/1 A motelkeeper..was serving our breakfast.

1997 C. Bukowski Bone Palace Ballet 151 Came to town in the middle of the night found a motel room..and looked at the black and white tv.

C2.

motel-land n. motel accommodation and the life or conditions thought to be characteristic of it.

ΚΠ

1959 Guardian 6 Nov. 8/3 He, the over-fastidious European, is dragged by her through the appalling delights of motelland.

2000 Sunday Times 22 Oct. (Culture) 8/1 He's adrift in seedy motel-land, trying to track down the man who raped and murdered his wife.

Derivatives

moˈtelled adj. provided with motels.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [adjective] > provided with motels

motelled1965

1965 Punch 1 Dec. 798/1 I drove through twenty-seven states with a freedom and foot-loose mobility unknown in a nation so thinly motelled as Britain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

motelv.

Brit.

/məʊˈtɛl/, U.S.

/moʊˈtɛl/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: motel n.

Etymology: < motel n., perhaps after hotel v.

intransitive. To stay at a motel; to travel round staying at motels. Also transitive with it.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > at the house of another, an inn, etc.

gesten?c1225

innc1390

host?c1450

bait1477

to be (or lie) at hosta1500

hostela1500

sojourn1573

to take up1607

guest?1615

to set upa1689

to keep up1704

to put up1706

lodge1749

room1809

hotel1889

dig1914

motel1961

1961 Amer. Motorcycling Dec. 30/2 We motelled in Mexico, having been warned by various self-made experts that camping was unsafe.

1968 G. de Fraga Murder at Cookout xii. 56 They're motelling in Canberra for a night or two.

1974 G. Steiner in New Yorker 15 Apr. 147/1 Kerouac has been here before him,..lapping the silent miles, toasted or drenched under the big skies, motelling from one neon oasis to the next.

1998 Sunday Times 29 Nov. (Travel section) 1/6 There are few pleasures on earth that can beat motelling it in Australia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	motel
释义	moteln. Brit. /məʊˈtɛl/, U.S. /moʊˈtɛl/ Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: motor n., hotel n. Etymology: Blend of motor n. and hotel n. Originally U.S. A roadside hotel catering primarily for motorists, typically having rooms arranged in low blocks with parking directly outside. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > hotel hotel1687 hotel garni1744 lodgea1817 gasthof1832 temperance house1833 temperance hotel1837 railway hotel1839 palace hotel1844 parador1845 caravanserai1848 resort hotel1886 metropole1890 Ritz1900 trust house1902 apartment hotel1909 welfare hotel1915 motel1925 motor hotel1925 auto court1926 motor court1936 motor lodge1936 residential1940 botel1956 floatel1959 apartotel1965 motor inn1967 1925 Los Angeles Times 18 Jan. ii. 7/2 The word ‘Motel’, which has been copyrighted, means motor hotels... The manager of the Motel will present the driver with a key which opens..one of the six charming little rooms of the bungalow court. 1931 Sociol. & Social Res. 15 372 The new kind of cottage hotel (e.g., ‘Motel’), luxuriously furnished and served like any other hotel, but placed directly on the highway. 1947 A. Huxley Let. 14 Nov. (1969) 575 The Blue Bird Motel in Little Rock, Ark, where we have been held up by torrential rains. 1955 Times 28 June 5/7 Although the ‘motel’ is still regarded as a novelty in the United Kingdom, an establishment of that kind was opened (and is still operating) at Boroughbridge..some time before the war. 1974 Washington Post 11 May e23/1 The oldest motel in America is alive and well..in San Luis Obispo, Calif. 1991 Holiday Which? Jan. 4/1 Worried about their safety, the Allens moved to a different motel. Compounds C1. General attributive, as motel-keeper, motel room, etc. ΚΠ 1946 Billboard 1 June 101/3 In the motel business, more than a billion dollar total investment brings an estimated $650,000,000 annual gross. 1952 Changing Times Oct. 36/2 There seems to be no end to the motel boom. 1953 Billboard 3 Oct. 51/3 Sports writers..who could not be accommodated in the hotels..were billeted in motel rooms or apartments around town. 1958 Times 24 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. viii/6 He has almost no contact with..the motel employees. 1962 Listener 25 Oct. 692/3 The vast motel-resort..now in the process of erection outside Seoul. 1970 New Yorker 10 Oct. 141/1 A motelkeeper..was serving our breakfast. 1997 C. Bukowski Bone Palace Ballet 151 Came to town in the middle of the night found a motel room..and looked at the black and white tv. C2. motel-land n. motel accommodation and the life or conditions thought to be characteristic of it. ΚΠ 1959 Guardian 6 Nov. 8/3 He, the over-fastidious European, is dragged by her through the appalling delights of motelland. 2000 Sunday Times 22 Oct. (Culture) 8/1 He's adrift in seedy motel-land, trying to track down the man who raped and murdered his wife. Derivatives moˈtelled adj. provided with motels. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [adjective] > provided with motels motelled1965 1965 Punch 1 Dec. 798/1 I drove through twenty-seven states with a freedom and foot-loose mobility unknown in a nation so thinly motelled as Britain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). motelv. Brit. /məʊˈtɛl/, U.S. /moʊˈtɛl/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: motel n. Etymology: < motel n., perhaps after hotel v. intransitive. To stay at a motel; to travel round staying at motels. Also transitive with it. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > at the house of another, an inn, etc. gesten?c1225 innc1390 host?c1450 bait1477 to be (or lie) at hosta1500 hostela1500 sojourn1573 to take up1607 guest?1615 to set upa1689 to keep up1704 to put up1706 lodge1749 room1809 hotel1889 dig1914 motel1961 1961 Amer. Motorcycling Dec. 30/2 We motelled in Mexico, having been warned by various self-made experts that camping was unsafe. 1968 G. de Fraga Murder at Cookout xii. 56 They're motelling in Canberra for a night or two. 1974 G. Steiner in New Yorker 15 Apr. 147/1 Kerouac has been here before him,..lapping the silent miles, toasted or drenched under the big skies, motelling from one neon oasis to the next. 1998 Sunday Times 29 Nov. (Travel section) 1/6 There are few pleasures on earth that can beat motelling it in Australia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925v.1961
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