定义
a host (or hostess): 主人、主持人
a host (Internet) 主机(网络)
to host: 款待、承办
to host (a performance): 主持(一场演出)
Pronunciation examples
UK: Our city would like to host the next Winter Olympics.
US: It's hard work being the host at a party. I prefer to be a guest.
- "Host : "Woo-woo"?"
- "Lotsa Medals : This year, Vancouver, British Columbia has the honor of hosting the Olympics."
- "Host : Pigeons don't go "woo-woo", they go "cooh-cooh"!"
- "I'll be hosting the event in the Delavigne cafeteria with nothing but earplugs and a bottle of strong Scotch to kill the pain."
- "Since you're always hosting me in your fancy San Francisco offices, I think it's my turn to return the favor, so I'd like to extend a formal invitation to my new ranch in Crawford, Texas."
- "Over there is the hostess, Gloria Mouthwash."
- "I am of course your host, Bruno Delavigne, and I have a very soothing voice."
- "You are cordially invited to my grand opening, which will be filled with art, snacks, and for the first time at any event that I've hosted, no strippers."
- "Before we go any further though, let me introduce my co-host."