n.[C]

1. （工廠，學校等的）守衛室；（公園等的）看守人的小屋
2. （會社等的）地方支部，集會所
3. 旅舍；山林小屋；印第安人的棚屋
4. （海貍等的）巢穴

vt.

1. 供給……臨時宿處；租房間給……住
   Can you lodge us for the night?

   你能讓我們暫住一夜嗎？

2. 將……射入；刺進；打在[O][（+in）]
   I had somehow got the bone lodged in my throat.

   我不知怎麼把骨頭卡在喉嚨裡了。

3. 提出（申訴，抗議等）[（+with）]
   He lodged a complaint with the manager.

   他向經理提出抗議。

4. 寄存，存放[O][（+in/with）]
   He lodged those documents in my office.

   他把那些文件存放在我的辦公室裡。

vi.

1. 暫住，投宿，寄宿[Q]
   I lodged at a farmhouse.

   我在一戶農舍住宿。

2. 停留；嵌入；卡住[Q][（+in）]
   A bullet lodged in his left shoulder.

   一顆子彈嵌在他的左肩。

n.

1. a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper or other employee.
   ▸a small country house occupied in season for sports such as hunting and shooting.
   ▸ [in names] a large house or hotel.
   ▸a porter's quarters at the main entrance of a college or other large building.
2. an American Indian tent or other dwelling.
3. a beaver's den.
4. a branch or meeting place of an organization such as the Freemasons.

v.

1. present (a complaint, appeal, etc.) formally to the proper authorities.
   ▸ (lodge something in/with) leave money or a valuable item in (a place) or with (someone) for safe keeping.
2. make or become firmly fixed in a place.
3. rent accommodation in another person's house.
   ▸provide with such accommodation.
4. (of wind or rain) flatten (a standing crop).