hostess

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host·ess /ˈhəʊstɪs $ ˈhoʊ-/ noun [countableC]

1. PARTYa woman at a party, meal etc who has invited all the guests and provides them with food, drink etc 〔聚会的〕女主人 → host

2. PRESENT/INTRODUCE A SHOWa woman who introduces and talks to the guests on a television or radio show 〔电视或广播节目的〕女主持人 → host

3. DFFa woman who shows people to seats in a restaurant in the US 〔美国餐厅里的〕女领座员

4. a woman whose job is to entertain men at a nightclub 〔夜总会的〕女招待

Examples from the Corpus

hostess• Pam, you've been a great hostess - thank you.• They can beef up your status if you're a society hostess.• I suppose I am the hostess here.• In that case, the hostess of a club selling non-alcoholic beverages importuned three passers by.• Once the hostess appeared to ask if we were enjoying our meals, and I managed to give her a silent nod.• She took him to a place called the Loneliness Bar, where the hostesses wore swimsuits treated with a chemical substance.• The hostess rang and asked tactfully and hesitantly if I felt like it.• But it was their hostess who was the most elegant.

Hostessn trademark

na type of sweet baked food, including Twinkies, chocolate cup cakes (=small cakes for one person), and small fruit pies

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