dorm
gb/dˈɔɹm/ us/dˈɔɹm/
A2
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student residence building
A place where students sleep and live when they are at school or university.
Brugsmønster:
to live in a dorm
Typisk fejl:
Learners sometimes confuse 'dorm' with 'dome' because they sound similar; also, some may think it means any bedroom, but it's specific to student housing.
Synonymer
dormitory (More formal and complete term; 'dorm' is the shortened form.)
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residence hall (Common in American English for official campus housing.)
Antonymer
off-campus housing (Refers to accommodation not located within the school's property.)
Ordforbindelser
college dorm
|university dorm
|dorm room
|dorm building
|live in a dorm
Temaer
education
|housing
|daily life
|daily_life
Eksempler
- She shares a dorm with three other students.
- The university built a new dorm near the library.
- I met my best friend in the dorm during my first year.
- Dorm life can be noisy but fun.
- He decorated his dorm room with photos from home.
Læringseksempler
- I live in a dorm at my university.
- My dorm is close to the cafeteria.
- There are five students in my dorm room.
- The dorm has a big kitchen.
- She studies in her dorm after class.
Grammatik
Opslagsform
dorm
IPA
GB/dˈɔɹm/
US/dˈɔɹm/
Stavelser og tryk
dorm (1 stavelse)
Stress on 1st syllable (dorm)
Ordformer
Noun
- Base: dorm
- Plural: dorms
Ordfamilie
Forms
dorms
noun
Core family
dormitory
noun B2
Udtryk
dorm life
1/dˈɔɹm lˈaɪf/
fixed phrase
life in a student residence
What it is like to live in a building for students at school or university.
Eksempler
- Dorm life can be exciting and noisy.
- He enjoyed the social aspect of dorm life.
dorm room
1/dˈɔɹm ɹˈum/
fixed phrase
bedroom in student housing
A bedroom inside a building where students live at school or university.
Eksempler
- My dorm room is small but comfortable.
- She cleaned her dorm room before her parents visited.