hostess

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n. 女主人, 女房东, 女老板

发音

US /ˈhoʊstɪs/
UK /ˈhəʊstəs/

词形变化

hostesses 复数 hostesses hostessed hostesses 三单 hostessing hostessing 现在分词 hostessed 过去式 hostessed 过去分词

别名

hostesse

教材释义与例句

名词

女主人，女老板；女服务员；舞女；女房东

a woman at a party, meal etc who has invited all the guests and provides them with food, drink etc

The hostess introduced them.

女主人介绍了他们。

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A female host.

    女主人

    The host and hostess greeted their guests at the door.

  2. 2.

    A female innkeeper.

  3. 3.

    Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane.

  4. 4.

    A bar hostess or bargirl; a paid female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex.

  5. 5.

    A female prostitute.

v.
  1. 1.

    To host, as a woman.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

stewardess air hostess

上位词 6

woman host steward innkeeper boniface flight attendant

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English hostesse, from Middle French hostesse, from Old French ostesce, made up of oste (“host”) + -esce (“feminine marker”).

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