1. （乡间或山里的）度假屋，小舍（尤用于狩猎或钓鱼时暂住）
    A lodge is a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday, especially when they want to shoot or fish.

    e.g. ...a Victorian hunting lodge.
           维多利亚式狩猎度假屋
    e.g. ...a ski lodge.
           滑雪度假屋

2. （宅第大门口的）小屋，门房
    A lodge is a small house at the entrance to the grounds of a large house.

    e.g. I drove out of the gates, past the keeper's lodge.
           我驶出大门，经过守门人的小屋。

3. 地方分会；地方分部；分会集会处
    In some organizations, a lodge is a local branch or meeting place of the organization.

    e.g. My father would occasionally go to his Masonic lodge.
           我爸爸偶尔会到他的共济会分会那里去。

4. （正式）提出（投诉、抗议、指控、索赔等）
    If you lodge a complaint, protest, accusation, or claim, you officially make it.

    e.g. He has four weeks in which to lodge an appeal.
           他有4个星期的时间提出上诉。

5. 寄宿；租住
    If you lodge somewhere, such as in someone else's house or if you are lodged there, you live there, usually paying rent.

    e.g. ...the story of the farming family she lodged with as a young teacher...
           她还是一名年轻教师时所寄宿的那个农家的故事
    e.g. The building he was lodged in turned out to be a church.
           原来，他租住的那栋建筑是一座教堂。

6. 收容；安置；安顿
    If someone lodges you somewhere, they give you a place to stay, for example because they are responsible for your safety or comfort.

    e.g. They took me into custody, questioned me, then lodged me in a children's home...
           他们把我关起来，问完我话后又将我安置在儿童院。
    e.g. They lodged the delegates in different hotels.
           他们把代表团的成员安顿在不同的酒店。

7. 卡住；搁住；嵌入
    If an object lodges somewhere, it becomes stuck there.

    e.g. The bullet lodged in the sergeant's leg, shattering his thigh bone...
           子弹嵌进了中士的腿里，使其股骨碎裂。
    e.g. His car has a bullet lodged in the passenger door.
           他的车在客座位的门上嵌着一颗子弹。

8. 铭记；留存
    If a fact or feeling lodges in your mind or is lodged there, you remember it for a long time.

    e.g. It just lodged in my mind as a very sentimental song...
           这首歌令人感怀不已，我已牢牢记住。
    e.g. If you've got something to say it's got to be lodged in their brains at the end...
           如果你有话要说，那就要让他们最终将这些话牢记于心。

9. see also: lodging