Host

[həʊst] or [host]

解释:

(noun.) an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association.

(noun.) a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion.

(noun.) archaic terms for army.

(noun.) any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; 'Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games'.

(noun.) the owner or manager of an inn.

(noun.) 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.

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

(verb.) be the host of or for; 'We hosted 4 couples last night'.

伯娜丁整理--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

(n.) An army; a number of men gathered for war.

(n.) Any great number or multitude; a throng.

(n.) One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.

(v. t.) To give entertainment to.

(v. i.) To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.

录入:玛丽埃塔

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Entertainer.[2]. Landlord, innkeeper.[3]. Army, legion, armed force.[4]. Multitude.[5]. Consecrated wafer.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Multitude, number, assemblage, army

ANT:Handful, sprinkling, knot, group, corps, section

手打:梅格

解释:

n. an army a large multitude.—n. Host′ing (Milt.) an encounter of hosts a battle: (Spens.) an assemblage of hosts a muster.—A host in himself one of great strength skill or resources within himself; Heavenly host the angels and archangels; Lord of hosts a favourite Hebrew term for Jehovah considered as head of the hosts of angels the hosts of stars &c.

n. in the R.C. Church the consecrated bread of the Eucharist—a thin circular wafer of unleavened bread.

n. one who entertains a stranger or guest at his house without reward: an innkeeper: an organism on which another lives as a parasite:—fem. Host′ess.—n. Host′ess-ship (Shak.) the character or office of a hostess.—adj. Host′less (Spens.) destitute of a host inhospitable.—Reckon or Count without one's host to misjudge the original idea being that of totting up one's bill without reference to the landlord.

录入:莫拉