boarder(名词):寄宿者;膳宿房客——付费住在他人家或寄宿公寓里,通常费用包含食宿(room and board)。
(另有较少见用法:指进行滑板/冲浪等“board”运动的人。)
/ˈbɔːrdər/(美); /ˈbɔːdə/(英)
由 board(供餐、伙食)+ -er(做……的人)构成。board 原义与“木板、桌子”有关,后来引申为“餐桌上的饭食”,因此 room and board 表示“住宿与伙食”。
We have one boarder in the spare room.
我们在空房间里住着一位寄宿房客。
After losing his job, he became a boarder in a small seaside house where breakfast was included in the rent.
失业后,他成了一家海边小屋的寄宿房客,房租里包含早餐。