- N-COUNT (寄宿学校等的)大寝室,集体寝室
A dormitory is a large bedroom where several people sleep, for example in a boarding school.
- ...the boys' dormitory...
男生寝室 - The latest refugees were housed in makeshift dormitories.
新来的难民被安置在临时的集体寝室里。
- N-COUNT (大学等的)学生宿舍
A dormitory is a building in a college or university where students live.
- She lived in a college dormitory.
她住在大学宿舍里。
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 hall of residence
- ADJ (在大城市工作者居住的)邻镇住宅区的,郊外住宅区的
If you refer to a place as a dormitory suburb or town, you mean that most of the people who live there travel to work in another, larger town a short distance away.
- It had become almost a dormitory suburb of the city.
它几乎成为了城市的一个市郊住宅区。