一、详细释义：


n.

小饭店，小酒馆；小旅馆，客栈


例句：

He tied up the horse and went into the inn.

他系住马，走进了小酒店。


例句：

He stopped at a village inn.

他在村里的一家旅店休息。


v.

住旅馆 [I]

二、词义辨析：


hotel,inn,motel

这些名词都有“旅馆，客店”之意。 hotel指开设于城镇，有一定设备，可提供食宿的旅馆。 inn多指开设于乡间、路边，设备简陋的小旅店。 motel系motor hotel的混合缩写词，指美国开设于公路旁，专供驾驶汽车的旅客往宿和有停车场的旅店。


三、相关短语：


motor inn

汽车饭店


四、参考例句：


He keeps an inn there.

他在那里开了个小旅馆。


Every inn had a picturesque name — the Black Locust Inn, the Blueberry Inn.

每个旅馆都有一个别致的名字，如“洋槐树旅馆”、“蓝莓旅馆”。


The inn has a garden of semi-tropical vegetation.

这家小旅馆里有一个亚热带植物园。


There was a small and not very sanitary inn nearby.

附近有一家不那么卫生的小客栈


We stayed at the inn as transient guests.

我们在小酒馆中只作短暂停留。


The Tides Inn is both comfortable and unpretentious.

泰得斯小酒店舒适而又简洁。


The desk clerk at the Watemill suggested your inn.

Watemill inn柜台职员推荐你们旅馆。


I shall room at the inn for two nights.

我要在这家小店住两个晚上。


I know a nice little inn quite close to here.

我知道离这儿不远有一家不错的小酒馆。


Upon inquiry, he learnt that the inn was near an inlet.

在询问之后，他知道了客栈在一个水湾附近。