A dorm is a building, or a big shared room, where students sleep at school, college, or camp. It is the short, everyday American word for dormitory.

A dorm宿舍 is a building指的是一棟建築 or a big shared room或一個共用的大房間 where students sleep學生睡覺的地方 at school, college, or camp在學校、大學或營隊 It is它是 the short, everyday American word for dormitory簡短、日常的美式說法，就是dormitory（宿舍）的意思

In the United States, “the dorm” is where you live on campus: a corridor of small rooms, a shared bathroom, a lot of noise at night.

In the United States在美國 the dorm宿舍 is where you live on campus指的是你住在校園裡的地方 a corridor of small rooms一整排的小房間 a shared bathroom共用的浴室 a lot of noise at night晚上很吵鬧

British English more often says halls or halls of residence for college living, though British people still understand dorm, especially for a room with many beds — a school dormitory, a hostel, a camp cabin.

British English英式英文 more often says更常說的是 halls or halls of residencehalls或halls of residence（也就是學生宿舍） for college living指大學的住宿 though British people still understand dorm不過英國人還是聽得懂dorm這個字 especially for a room with many beds尤其是指有很多床位的房間 a school dormitory像學校宿舍 a hostel青年旅館 a camp cabin或營隊小屋

It is informal. You would write dormitory in a careful brochure; you would say dorm to a roommate.

It is它 informal是比較口語的說法 in a careful brochure在正式的簡介裡 you would write dormitory你會寫dormitory to a roommate跟室友講話時 you would say dorm你會說dorm

Though actually, people stretch it: “dorm living” can mean that whole student-house life, not only the walls. You almost always hear it with the: “back at the dorm.”

Though actually不過其實 people stretch it大家會把這個字延伸使用 dorm living像dorm living（宿舍生活）這樣的說法 can mean可以指 that whole student-house life整個學生住宿的生活型態 not only the walls不只是那些牆壁（建築本身） You almost always hear it with the你幾乎都會聽到它跟the連用 back at the dorm像back at the dorm（回到宿舍）這樣的說法