hostess
n
1 woman who receives and entertains one or more other people as guests (待客的)女主人.
2 woman employed to welcome and entertain people at a night-club, etc, or to provide information at an exhibition, etc (夜总会等的)女招待; (展览会等的)女解说员.
3 = air-hostess (air1).
4 female compere of a television programme, etc (电视节目等的)女主持人. Cf 参看 host 2.
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后缀:ess 表示女性或雌性(动物)
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*['hәustis]n. 女主人, 女房东, 女老板
🌿 同词根单词
hostn. [计算机]主机;主人,东道主;节目主持人;酒店业主;
vt. 当主人;主办宴会,主持节目;款待,做东;
vi. 做主人,做东道主;