Hostess
[ 'hostəs ]
第3级
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n. 女主人;（夜总会的）女招待;（电视或广播节目的）女主持人;（餐馆的）迎宾女招待;
vt. 作东，请客;
💡 词根助记
host主人+ess女性，雌性 →女主人
📝 例句
A good hostess is always attentive to the needs of her guests.
好客的女主人能随时留心客人的需要.
Mrs. Wells hostessed the party last night.
韦尔斯夫人是昨晚聚会的女主人。
She acted as hostess at the party.
晚会上她当主持人。
I did not harrow our hostess with all that.
我没有用些事情去折磨我们的女主人。
Her hostess might be speculating, resignedly on the cause of her delay.
她的女主人一定在那里不耐烦地猜测她为什么还不回来。
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
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.
🎯 考研助记
后缀:ess 表示女性或雌性(动物)
🔁 扩展释义
*['hәustis]n. 女主人, 女房东, 女老板
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What's the exchange rate today?
今天的兑换比率是多少？
Do you usually learn French after school?
你通常在放学后学法文吗？
Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by and actually assist burglars to burgle.
防盗警报器在白天和黑夜的任何时候都会响起来，它的作用只是骚扰过路行人，而实际上却帮助窃贼入室行窃。