1. 节目主持人
2. 许多，一大群，大量
3. 主人，东道主
4. 军队
5. 旅馆老板
6. 【计】主机
7. 【宗】圣体
8. 【宗】圣饼
9. 圣餐用面包
10. 军队
11. 【生】寄主，宿主
12. 祭品，祭饼

1. 款待
2. 主办（活动）
3. 当主人，以主人身份招待，作...主人（主持）或东道主，做东，作为主人组织（聚会）
4. 主持（活动）
5. 主机（用户可由它连结至网络上的其它计算机）
6. 聚集

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; it 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. a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
10. (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

1. be the host of or for;

   "We hosted 4 couples last night"
   

1.（举办聚会等的）主人，东道主
Thehost at a party is the person who has invited the guests and provides the food, drink, or entertainment.

e.g. Apart from myhost, I didn't know a single person there...
除了主人外，那里的人我一个也不认识。
e.g. Tommy Sopwith was always the perfecthost.
汤米·索普威斯对人一向热情款待。

2.作为主人组织，做东举办（聚会等）
If someonehosts a party, dinner, or other function, they have invited the guests and provide the food, drink, or entertainment.

host的翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...a banquet hosted by the president of Kazakhstan.
哈萨克斯坦总统举行的宴会

3.（某项活动的）主办国（或城市、机构）
A country, city, or organization that is thehost of an event provides the facilities for that event to take place.

e.g. Barcelona was chosen to behost of the 1992 Olympic games.
巴塞罗那获选为1992年奥运会的主办城市。
e.g. ...a preliminary qualifying tournament in Andorra involving thehost country.
在安道尔举行的有东道国参加的预选资格赛

4.（国家、城市或机构）主办（活动）
If a country, city, or organizationhosts an event, they provide the facilities for the event to take place.

e.g. Cannes hosts the annual film festival.
戛纳每年主办电影节。

5.主办（活动）;接待（贵客）
If a person or countryplays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.

host是什么意思

e.g. In 1987 Canada playedhost to the Commonwealth Conference...
1987年加拿大主办了英联邦大会。
e.g. The Prime Minister playedhost to French Premier Jacques Chirac.
首相接待了法国总理雅克·希拉克。

6.（广播、电视的）节目主持人
Thehost of a radio or television show is the person who introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.

e.g. I amhost of a live radio programme.
我是一个电台直播节目的主持人。

7.主持（广播、电视节目）
The person whohosts a radio or television show introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.

e.g. She also hosts a show on St Petersburg Radio.
她还在圣彼得堡电台主持一个节目。

8.大量;许多
Ahost of things is a lot of them.

e.g. Ahost 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。
e.g. Today we have radios, TVs, and a wholehost of gadgets powered by electricity.
今天我们有收音机、电视机和一大堆小型电器。

9.（生物的）生长地，栖息地
If an area ishost to living things, those creatures live and feed in that area.

host是什么意思

e.g. Uganda's beautiful highlands arehost 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。

10.（计算机）主机
Ahost or ahost computer is the main computer in a network of computers, which controls the most important files and programs.

11.（寄生物的）寄主，宿主
Thehost of a parasite is the plant or animal which it lives on or inside and from which it gets its food.

e.g. When the eggs hatch the larvae eat the living flesh of thehost animal.
当卵孵化后，幼虫取食寄主的鲜肉。

12.圣体（基督教圣餐礼等宗教仪式中代表耶稣躯体的面饼）
The Host is the bread which is used to represent the body of Christ in Christian church services such as Holy Communion.

act as host

作为主人招待,做东receive guests as host

play host to

招待,接待receive guests

• act as host做东
• play host to在…上做主人,招待…
• respect one's host尊敬主人

• attractive host引人注目的主人
• warm host热情的主人

• TV host电视节目主持人

• host country东道国

• in hosts成群地

• host for tonight's program今晚的节目主持人
• a host of许多,大量
• a host of difficulties一大堆困难
• hosts of friends许多朋友

host, band, circle, crowd, gang, group, herd, mass, mob, multitude, set

这组词的共同意思 是“一伙人”。其区别在于：

1.从组成上说：band常指有共同目的的、有领导者的一群人。 circle指因志同道合而形成的圈子或结成的团体，聚会频繁，文明高雅。crowd指毫无秩序地挤在一起的人群， 含有混乱、拥挤的意味。gang指为一个目标而聚在一起的一伙人， 常指在一起干坏事的人。group既可指有组织、有秩序的一群人， 也可指为一定目的临时聚在一起的一伙人；可指志趣相投的人，也可指社会团体；关系可密切，也可以是泛泛之交。herd 指有盲目追随心理的一群人。host指散落开来的一群人，也指军队或备有武装的人。mass指群众， 民众。mob指乌合之众或心怀不满而聚在一起寻衅滋事的一群人。multitude常指人数庞大的人群。set指有共同社会地位或相同目的的社会团体，也可泛指广泛的人群， 有时可指势力集团。

2.从用法上说：mass常用于复数形式；set常用于单数形式。

3.从修辞色彩上说：band, gang, herd, mob多含贬义；set指势力集团时也含有贬义。

4.从语体上说：host, set是口语用词；multitude是正式用词或较陈旧用词。

host, landlord

这两个词都有“主人”的意思。host是对guest(客人)而言的,指东道主; landlord指土地的所有者、房东或客栈的店主。