host /həʊst/ CET4 TEM4 ( hosting, hosted, hosts )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The host at a party is the person who has invited the guests and provides the food, drink, or entertainment. (聚会的) 主人

  例：

  Apart from my host, I didn't know a single person there.

  除了主人，那儿的人我一个也不认识。

• 2. 

  V-T If someone hosts a party, dinner, or other function, they have invited the guests and provide the food, drink, or entertainment. 主办 (聚会、宴会或其他集会)

  例：

  Tonight she hosts a ball for 300 guests.

  今晚她做东办一场有300名来宾参加的舞会。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A country, city, or organization that is the host of an event provides the facilities for that event to take place. (举办某活动的) 东道主

  例：

  Atlanta was chosen to be host of the 1996 Olympic games.

  亚特兰大被选为1996年奥运会的东道主。

• 4. 

  V-T If a country, city, or organization hosts an event, they provide the facilities for the event to take place. 主办

  例：

  New Bedford hosts a number of lively festivals throughout the summer months.

  新贝德福德整个夏天举办了许多个欢快有趣的艺术节。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit. 主办 (活动); 款待 (重要宾客)

  例：

  Bush played host to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

  布什款待了俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT The host of a radio or television show is the person who introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it. (广播或电视的) 节目主持人

• 7. 

  V-T The person who hosts a radio or television show introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it. 主持 (广播或电视节目)

• 8. 

  QUANT A host of things is a lot of them. 大量

  例：

  A host of problems may delay the opening of the new bridge.

  一大堆问题也许会延迟新建桥梁的开通。

• 9. 

  N-COUNT A host or a host computer is the main computer in a network of computers, which controls the most important files and programs. 计算机主机

  例：

  Subscribers dial directly from their computers into the BBS host computer.

  用户直接从自己的计算机拨号接入公告版系统的主机。