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IELTS BNC: 2542 COCA: 1840

host

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Related topics: Television & radio, Biology
host1 /həʊst $ hoʊst/ ●●○ W3 noun [countableC]  
1  at a party 在聚会上PARTY someone at a party, meal etc who has invited the guests and who provides the food, drink etc 主人，东道主 → hostess
 Our host greeted us at the door.
主人在门口迎接我们。
2  on television/radio 电视/电台上AMTPRESENT/INTRODUCE A SHOW someone who introduces and talks to the guests on a television or radio programme 节目主持人 SYN British English compere
 a game show host
游戏节目主持人
3  country/city 国家/城市ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETC a country, city, or organization that provides the necessary space, equipment etc for a special event 主办者[国，城市，机构]，东道主
host country/government/city etc
 the host city for the next Olympic Games
下届奥林匹克运动会的主办城市
play host (to something) (=provide the place, food etc for a special meeting or event) 主办（某事）
 The gallery is playing host to an exhibition of sculpture.
这家美术馆正在举办雕塑展。
4  a (whole) host of people/things LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large number of people or things 许多人/大量某物
 A host of show business celebrities have pledged their support.
许多演艺圈名人允诺支持。
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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 在教堂里the Host technicalRRC the bread that is used in the Christian ceremony of Communion 〔圣餐仪式中的〕圣饼
Examples from the Corpus
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 动物/植物 technicalHBBHBA an animal or plant on which a smaller animal or plant is living as a parasite 〔寄生动植物的〕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 主办，做…的东道主
 Which country is going to host the next World Cup?
哪个国家将主办下一届世界杯？
2  PRESENT/INTRODUCE A SHOWto introduce a radio or television programme 主持〔广播或电视节目〕
 Next week’s show will be hosted by Sarah Cox.
下周的节目将由萨拉·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”
host1 nounhost2 verb
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