dormitory /ˈdɔːmɪtərɪ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A dormitory is a building at a college or university where students live. 宿舍楼 [美国英语]

  例：

  She lived in a college dormitory.

  她住在一幢大学宿舍楼里。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A dormitory is a large bedroom where several people sleep, for example, in a boarding school. 宿舍

  例：

  ...the boys' dormitory.

  …男生宿舍。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you refer to a place as a dormitory community or suburb, you mean that most of the people who live there travel to work in a city or another, larger town a short distance away. (指通勤者居住的) 卧室社区 [英国英语] [ADJ n]