host

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host1 /həʊst $ hoʊst/ W3 noun [countableC]

1 at a party 在聚會上PARTY someone at a party, meal etc who has invited the guests and who provides the food, drink etc 主人，東道主 → hostess

Our host greeted us at the door.

主人在門口迎接我們。

2 on television/radio 電視/電台上AMTPRESENT/INTRODUCE A SHOW someone who introduces and talks to the guests on a television or radio programme 節目主持人 SYN British English compere

a game show host

遊戲節目主持人

3 country/city 國家/城市ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETC a country, city, or organization that provides the necessary space, equipment etc for a special event 主辦者[國，城市，機構]，東道主

host country/government/city etc

the host city for the next Olympic Games

下屆奧林匹克運動會的主辦城市

play host (to something) (=provide the place, food etc for a special meeting or event) 主辦（某事）

The gallery is playing host to an exhibition of sculpture.

這家美術館正在舉辦雕塑展。

4 a (whole) host of people/things LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large number of people or things 許多人/大量某物

A host of show business celebrities have pledged their support.

許多演藝圈名人允諾支持。

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a (whole) host of people/things• I am extremely -; oh, a host of things, but not angry any more.

5. IN CHURCH 在教堂裏the Host technicalRRC the bread that is used in the Christian ceremony of Communion 〔聖餐儀式中的〕聖餅

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the Host• The night before, he had been the host at a reception for 500 delegates.• The business might one day be sold off, wound up or nationalised by the host government.• Manoj Prabhakar had earlier taken 4-41 to dismiss the hosts for 219.• A description of the feature located at that point can also be entered into the host computer using a keyboard.• After about 12 months the host mistletoe is usually either dead or severely weakened.• The population dynamics of the predator could be co-ordinated to that of the host population in an anticipatory way.• Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol on the host is a prerequisite.• Extensive branching leads to numerous contacts with the host, and ultimately covers the host with a tangled mass of vines.

6. animal/plant 動物/植物 technicalHBBHBA an animal or plant on which a smaller animal or plant is living as a parasite 〔寄生動植物的〕寄主，宿主

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host• The prospect of the bill is worrying a host of companies.• Leno replaced Johnny Carson as host of "The Tonight Show."• The President and his wife served as hosts at the concert.• I was intrigued to learn that our Chinese host had spent many years in Chicago.• He packed his belongings, made his goodbyes, and parted from his hosts.• He is well-dressed, superficially well-mannered, but reminds me of a flirtatious married host at a barbecue.• Hawke resigned from parliament on Feb. 20 to become a television chat-show host.• Talk radio and talk television hosts, mostly but by no means all conservative, are proliferating and gaining influence and popularity.• Baltimore beat the hosts, the Detroit Tigers, 9-7.• That enzyme is crucial to the translation of the virus' genetic material and the reproduction of more viruses inside the host.• Jay Leno, the host of the "Tonight" show• Minelli was the host for the two-hour awards program.• The host got drunk and threw up on one of the guests.

host country/government/city etc• The ambivalence of a host government is understandable to a degree.• Sheffield will be acting as host city.• It was like soccer's World Cup host country handing over the television rights to the visiting nations.• Around 40 percent of the businesses in each host country have concluded co-operation agreements as a direct result of the event.• Chinatown was like its host city -- small and compressed in physical dimensions, boundless and ephemeral in spirit.• Atlanta, the 1996 Olympics host city from July 19 to Aug. 4, offers a wealth of diversions.• It is not clear whether personal benefits or benefits to the development of the host country, or both, are meant.• Clientism can take another form: identification with the host country or with those currently in power there.

host2 verb [transitiveT]

1 ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETCto provide the place and everything that is needed for an organized event 主辦，做…的東道主

Which country is going to host the next World Cup?

哪個國家將主辦下一屆世界杯？

2 PRESENT/INTRODUCE A SHOWto introduce a radio or television programme 主持〔廣播或電視節目〕

Next week’s show will be hosted by Sarah Cox.

下周的節目將由薩拉·考克斯主持。

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host• Colette will be hosting a cocktail reception at 6.00 pm in the Grosvenor Suite.• The water in the marsh is hosting a fire that feeds untended like jealousy or wrath, choler on black bile.• Did Walter Cronkite once host a game show on TV?• First of all, they host a lot of cocktail parties and receptions.• Smith hosts a sports show on a local radio station.• Last year, the city hosted a three-day gay pride festival.• He is presently covering rock concerts for Kendal council who are hosting an exhibition of his work later in the year.• The college will host an open house for prospective students.• The show, hosted by journalist Robert Elms, features movie stars and singers.• The end of Grand Isle hosts the coast guard headquarters.• Now those efforts can begin right in your own backyard, when the Gardens' devotees host their annual fall plant sale.

From Longman Business Dictionary

hosthost /həʊsthoʊst/ noun [countableC]

COMPUTING the computer that controls and communicates with all the other computers in a REMOTE PROCESSING system such as a NETWORK (=a group of connected computers)

You can share the work between the host and your workstation.

Origin host1

1. (1200-1300) Old French hoste “host, guest”, from Latin hospes, probably from hostis; → HOSTILE

2. (1300-1400) Old French Latin hostis; → HOSTILE

3. (1300-1400) Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia “sacrifice”

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