单词 | summer hotel |
释义 | > as lemmassummer hotel summer hotel n. originally and chiefly U.S. a hotel (typically located in the countryside, at the seaside, etc.) which is mainly frequented during the summer, and which is (stereotypically) cheap and dreary. ΚΠ 1834 N.-Y. Spectator 28 Aug. ‘But here we are in Saratoga once more... Look at those noble establishments—fit for Ducal palaces!’ ‘Aye: good enough for summer hotels—fine place for yawning—excellent tittle-tattle though, I grant you.’ 1904 E. Wharton Let. 19 Aug. (1988) 93 I have been spending my first night in an American ‘Summer hotel’, & I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of the amenities. 2010 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. c5/1 A minimal set by David Farley that suggests a hallway in a dreary summer hotel. < as lemmas |
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