roomette

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small private compartment, for one person, in a railroad sleeping car. US
    — Although many luxurious single-room sleepers are in service, the demand for sleeping accommodation on long journeys is so great that vehicles less weighty in proportion to their passenger accommodation, and therefore less expensive for the traveller, have become a paramount need, which is largely solved by the roomette car.

词形变化

roomettes plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-?
Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der.
Proto-Germanic *rūmą
Proto-West Germanic *rūm
Old English rūm
Middle English roum
English room
English -ette
English roomette
From room + -ette.
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