dorm
gb/dˈɔɹm/ us/dˈɔɹm/
A2
Anglais
~ 3600
kollégium
NOM
A2
1
kollégium
A2
Schéma d’usage :
to live in a dorm
She shares a dorm with three other students.
Három másik diákkal lakik egy kollégiumban.
The university built a new dorm near the library.
Az egyetem új kollégiumot épített a könyvtár közelében.
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.
Exemples pédagogiques
I live in a dorm at my university.
Az egyetememen kollégiumban lakom.
My dorm is close to the cafeteria.
A kollégiumom közel van a menzához.
There are five students in my dorm room.
The dorm has a big kitchen.
She studies in her dorm after class.
Erreur fréquente :
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.
Sens
student residence building
Collocations
college dorm
|university dorm
|dorm room
|dorm building
|live in a dorm
Synonymes
dormitory (More formal and complete term; 'dorm' is the shortened form.)
|
residence hall (Common in American English for official campus housing.)
Antonymes
off-campus housing (Refers to accommodation not located within the school's property.)
Thèmes
education
|housing
|daily life
|daily_life
Définition
A place where students sleep and live when they are at school or university.
A building or section of a building where students live, usually at a school, college, or university.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
dorm
API
GB/dˈɔɹm/
US/dˈɔɹm/
Syllabes et accentuation
dorm (1 syllabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (dorm)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: dorm
- Plural: dorms
Famille de mots
Forms
dorms
noun
Core family
dormitory
noun B2
Expressions
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.
Exemples
- 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.
Exemples
- My dorm room is small but comfortable.
- She cleaned her dorm room before her parents visited.