an establishment which provides cheap food and lodging for a specific group of people, such as students, workers, or travellers
(为特定人群,例如学生、工人或旅客提供廉价食宿的)招待所。
〈南非〉 (为市区黑人流动民工或矿工提供的单性)宿舍,住处。
short for
<Bold>YOUTH HOSTEL</Bold>的简称。
〈古〉 (提供食宿的)客栈。
"Middle English (in the general sense‘lodging, place to stay’) : from Old French, from medieval Latin