guest room
guest room — noun
1. a room with a bed where people who come to stay can sleep, usually in a private
a room with a bed where people who come to stay can sleep, usually in a private home.
Élise made up the guest room before her cousins arrived for the weekend.
make up the guest room = prepare it for visitors
The Watanabe family turned their small guest room into a quiet home office.
turn a guest room into [another use]
Our guest room has a comfortable bed, a wooden desk, and warm curtains.
When Tanvi visits Taipei, she always sleeps in the guest room upstairs.
Paul painted the guest room blue so visitors would feel calm and rested.
- spare room
the everyday term, especially in British homes; stresses that the room is extra rather than that it is for visitors
- guest bedroom
fuller form that makes clear the room contains a bed; interchangeable but slightly more formal
用法筆記
Usually a spare bedroom in a private home kept ready for visitors; a paid hotel bedroom is normally just called a 'room', not a 'guest room'.