sojourn
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++soj·ourn /ˈsɒdʒɜːn $ ˈsoʊdʒɜːrn/ noun [countable] formalSHORT TIME a short period of time that you stay in a place that is not your home 逗留，暂住 SYN stay a brief sojourn in Europe 在欧洲小住 —sojourn verb [intransitive]
Examples from the Corpus
sojourn• The morning after, Jim Bob bears the scars of a sojourn in the moshpit.• Their background knowledge of an institution is typically and corporately small, and sojourn within its walls brief.• The film is about only a very brief sojourn in Gauguin's otherwise racy biography.Origin sojourn (1200-1300) Old French sojorn, from sojorner “to stay”, from Vulgar Latin subdiurnare, from Latin sub “during” + Late Latin diurnum “day”soj·ourn nounChineseSyllable
a that short stay period in Corpus time a you of
sojourn
soj‧ourn /ˈsɒdʒɜːn $ ˈsoʊdʒɜːrn/
noun [countable]
SYN stay:
a brief sojourn in Europe
—sojourn verb [intransitive]
soj‧ourn /ˈsɒdʒɜːn $ ˈsoʊdʒɜːrn/
noun [countable] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: sojorn, from sojorner 'to stay', from Vulgar Latin subdiurnare, from Latin sub 'during' + Late Latin diurnum 'day'
formal a short period of time that you stay in a place that is not your home Language: Old French
Origin: sojorn, from sojorner 'to stay', from Vulgar Latin subdiurnare, from Latin sub 'during' + Late Latin diurnum 'day'
SYN stay:
—sojourn verb [intransitive]