Self-catering describes a holiday, or a place you stay on holiday, where there is a kitchen and you cook for yourself instead of being given meals. A self-catering apartment has a stove, a fridge and pans; a hotel room usually does not.

Self-catering self-catering describes a holiday, or a place you stay on holiday形容的是一種假期，或度假時住的地方 where there is a kitchen裡面有廚房 and you cook for yourself instead of being given meals你自己煮，而不是有人提供三餐。A self-catering apartment一間self-catering apartment has a stove, a fridge and pans有爐子、冰箱和鍋子；a hotel room usually does not一般飯店房間通常沒有。

You see it most as an adjective before a noun — self-catering accommodation, a self-catering cottage, a self-catering holiday — and also on its own after a verb: 'We're self-catering this year.' It can be a noun too, on booking websites: 'Self-catering from £60 a night.' This is very much British and Irish English, and it is the normal word in travel adverts, on booking sites, and in student housing there.

You see it most as an adjective before a noun你最常看到它放在名詞前面當形容詞 — self-catering accommodation, a self-catering cottage, a self-catering holiday像self-catering accommodation自炊式住宿、a self-catering cottage自炊式小屋、a self-catering holiday自炊式假期 — and also on its own after a verb也會單獨放在動詞後面：'We're self-catering this year.'「We're self-catering this year.」（我們今年自己開伙）It can be a noun too它也可以當名詞，on booking websites在訂房網站上：'Self-catering from £60 a night.'「Self-catering from £60 a night.」（自炊式住宿每晚60英鎊起）This is very much British and Irish English這是非常英式和愛爾蘭式的英文用法，and it is the normal word而且是很常見的詞 in travel adverts, on booking sites, and in student housing there用在那邊的旅遊廣告、訂房網站，還有學生宿舍上。

Americans do not usually say it; they would say 'a place with a kitchen', 'a condo', or use the brand-shaped word 'an Airbnb'. The word carries a quiet extra meaning of cheaper and more independent — families with small children and people staying two weeks often choose self-catering for exactly that reason.

Americans do not usually say it美國人通常不會這樣說；they would say 'a place with a kitchen', 'a condo'他們會說「a place with a kitchen」（有廚房的地方）或「a condo」，or use the brand-shaped word 'an Airbnb'或用品牌化的說法「an Airbnb」。The word carries a quiet extra meaning of cheaper and more independent這個詞還悄悄帶著「比較便宜、比較自由」的言外之意 — families with small children and people staying two weeks帶小孩的家庭，還有要住上兩星期的人 often choose self-catering for exactly that reason常常就是因為這個原因選擇self-catering。