host

• n. [计] 主机；主人；主持人；许多
• vt. 主持；当主人招待
• vi. 群集；做主人

来自古法语hoste,客人，招待客人的人，主人，来自拉丁语hospes,客人，来自PIE*ghostis,外来人，词源同guest.引申词义东道主，招待，寄主等。

1. a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

2. a vast multitude

3. an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

4. a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

5. archaic terms for army

6. any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event;

"Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"

7. (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor

8. the owner or manager of an inn

9. (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

host

host: Indo-European *ghostis denoted ‘stranger’. From it were descended Germanic *gastiz (source of English guest), Greek xénos ‘guest, stranger’ (source of English xenon and xenophobia), and Latin hostis ‘stranger, enemy’. This original meaning is retained in the derived adjective hostile [16], but the noun itself in postclassical times came to mean ‘army’, and that is where (via Old French) English got host ‘army’ [13] from.

Its main modern sense, ‘large number’, is a 17th-century development. But Latin had another noun, hospes ‘host’, which was probably derived from hostis. Its stem form, hospit-, passed into Old French as hoste (whose modern French descendant hôte means both ‘host’ and ‘guest’). English borrowed this in the 13th century, giving it a second noun host, quite distinct in meaning, but ultimately of the same origin. (Other English words that owe their existence to Latin hospes include hospice, hospital, hostel, hotel, and ostler.) But that is not the end of the host story.

English has yet another noun host, meaning ‘bread of the Eucharist’ [14]. This comes via Old French hoiste from Latin hostia ‘sacrifice, victim’.
=> guest, hospital, hostile, hotel, ostler, xenon, xenophobia

host (n.1)

"person who receives guests," late 13c., from Old French hoste "guest, host, hostess, landlord" (12c., Modern French hôte), from Latin hospitem (nominative hospes) "guest, host," literally "lord of strangers," from PIE *ghostis- "stranger" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic gosti "guest, friend," gospodi "lord, master;" see guest). The biological sense of "animal or plant having a parasite" is from 1857.

host (n.2)

"multitude" mid-13c., from Old French host "army" (10c.), from Medieval Latin hostis "army, war-like expedition," from Latin hostis "enemy, foreigner, stranger," from the same root as host (n.1). Replaced Old English here, and in turn has been largely superseded by army. The generalized meaning of "large number" is first attested 1610s.

host (n.3)

"body of Christ, consecrated bread," c. 1300, from Latin hostia "sacrifice," also "the animal sacrificed," applied in Church Latin to Christ; probably ultimately related to host (n.1) in its root sense of "stranger, enemy."

host (v.)

"to serve as a host," early 15c., from host (n.1). Related: Hosted; hosting.

In a multi-state study of assisted living , for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether a chain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship to how the residents fared in terms of illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Hosts and guests were matched up by Airbnb, a firm based in San Francisco.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Airbnb says hosts in San Francisco who rent out their homes do so for an average of 58 nights a year, making $ 9.3000.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

In a multi-state study of assisted living, for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether achain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

It says here Roger Whitehead is an amazing host to a night of fun performances.

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

The show will have one host only, and this will be Professor Susan Paul from Harvard University.

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

In Paying for the Party, Hamilton describes what she calls the party pathway, which eases many students through college, helped along by various clubs that send students into the party scene and a host of easier majors.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

First on her agenda was to pursue her dream of hosting a pop music programme.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

In Paying for the Party, Hamilton describes what she calls the "party pathway", which eases many students through college, helped along by various clubs that send students into the party scene and a host of easier majors.

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Great! I'd love to host you here.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

Guy Harvold, 24, had picked up the students and three course leaders from Gatwick Airport, and they were travelling to Bournemouth to meet their host families.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 完形填空 原文

On the last Wednesday of every August, the Spanish town of Bunol hosts Ea Tomatina—the world's largest food fight.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Others say it's only natural that newcomers learn the language of their host nation, seeing it as a condition to ensure they can contribute to society.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Our hosts shared many of their experiences and recommended wonderful places to eat, shop, and visit.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

She began to host "big bosses" lunches, where she would try to persuade local business leaders to contribute to the cause.

2017年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

The host is put in an unpleasant situation and this man seldom thinks of the inconvenience caused to all -the waiters, the management staff, etc.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

We were treated well by our hosts.

2015年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文

Newton’s laws of motion and Darwinian evolution each bind a host of different phenomena into a single explicatory frame work.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文

Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Simply arranging a meeting, making a phone call, or hosting an event is not an official act.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

To realize how great was the dramatic activity, we must remember further that hosts of plays have been lost, and that probably there is no author of note whose entire work has survived.

出自-2018年考研翻译原文

Besides helping you feel close and connected to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a host of health benefits to your body and mind.

2017年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of examples of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored anti-smoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool.

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

a company that builds and hosts e-commerce sites

在互联网上建立并存储电子商务网站的公司

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to host a dinner

设宴招待客人

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Germany hosted the World Cup finals.

德国主办了世界杯决赛。

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a host of possibilities

多种可能性

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transferring files from the host to your local computer

从主机向你的本地机传送文件

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a TV game show host

电视游戏节目主持人

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The college is playing host to a group of visiting Russian scientists.

学院正在接待一批来访的俄罗斯科学家。

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Ian, our host, introduced us to the other guests.

主人伊恩把我们介绍给了其他客人。

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When the eggs hatch the larvae eat the living flesh of the host animal.

当卵孵化后，幼虫取食寄主的鲜肉。

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Uganda's beautiful highlands are host to a wide range of wildlife.

乌干达美丽的高地是众多野生动物的栖息地。

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Today we have radios, TVs, and a whole host of gadgets powered by electricity.

今天我们有收音机、电视机和一大堆小型电器。

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A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel...

可能推迟英吉利海峡隧道开通的问题一大筐。

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She also hosts a show on St Petersburg Radio.

她还在圣彼得堡电台主持一个节目。

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I am host of a live radio programme.

我是一个电台直播节目的主持人。

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The Prime Minister played host to French Premier Jacques Chirac.

首相接待了法国总理雅克·希拉克。

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In 1987 Canada played host to the Commonwealth Conference...

1987年加拿大主办了英联邦大会。

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Cannes hosts the annual film festival.

戛纳每年主办电影节。

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...a preliminary qualifying tournament in Andorra involving the host country.

在安道尔举行的有东道国参加的预选资格赛

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Barcelona was chosen to be host of the 1992 Olympic games.

巴塞罗那获选为1992年奥运会的主办城市。

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...a banquet hosted by the president of Kazakhstan.

哈萨克斯坦总统举行的宴会

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Tonight she hosts a ball for 300 guests.

今晚她做东举办一场有300名客人参加的舞会。

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Tommy Sopwith was always the perfect host.

汤米·索普威斯对人一向热情款待。

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

除了主人外，那里的人我一个也不认识。

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That would be reversal of the order of host and guest.

这就主客颠倒了.

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The harbor is busy night and day, within a year playing host to freighters from more than 30 countries and regions.

这港口日夜繁忙, 一年内接待了来自30多个国家和地区的货轮.

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