The spellings boardinghouse in American English, and boarding-house in British English are also used. 美国英语中亦拼作boardinghouse,英国英语中亦拼作boarding-house。
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boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time.
(供人们短时间居住的)寄宿处,公寓