英语词汇“roomer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

roomer

释义

ˈroomer, n.
[f. room v.² 2 a.]
1. A lodger who occupies a room or rooms without board. orig. U.S.
1871L. H. Bagg 4 Years at Yale 46 Roomer, a word used by landladies to designate a lodger or occupant of a room who takes his meals elsewhere.1887Ohio State Jrnl. 2 Sept., Complaint had been made by some of the roomers in the Mithoff block.1889N.Y. Evening Post 29 Dec., On the third floor were a number of roomers.1905‘O. Henry’ in N.Y. World Mag. 20 Aug. 4/2 There was rejoicing among the gentlemen roomers whenever Miss Leeson had time to sit on the steps.1912J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict., Roomer, a lodger who has living accommodation in a house and gets his food elsewhere.1919Studies VIII. 304 There is no ‘board’ provided, but simply a room... A ‘roomer’ has all the perfect liberty of a latchkey... She can entertain what visitors she likes in her own room.1939Sun (Baltimore) 6 Jan. 1/2 Held with Joseph Malone, 27, as a material witness was Elizabeth Gelula, 23,..a third-floor roomer.1959M. Chamberlin Dear Friends & Darling Romans v. 50 There were, besides me, two other roomers in the apartment.a1968M. Richler in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1968) 2nd Ser. 151 ‘Meet your new roomer,’ Mervyn said.1973Kingston (Ontario) Whig-Standard 5 Mar. 28 (Advt.), Roomers, $15 weekly with kitchen facilities.1976National Observer (U.S.) 25 Sept. 8/2 A roomer who had been helping to install some additional bathrooms was heating wax on a hot plate in his room.
2. With a numeral prefixed: a house with that number of rooms, as six-roomer.
1853Dickens Bleak Ho. lxiv. 612 ‘It's a six roomer, exclusive of kitchens,’ said Mr. Guppy, ‘and in the opinion of my friends, a commodious tenement.’1972Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 22 Some high figures for Chelsea houses—{pstlg}29,000 for a six-roomer in First Street.

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