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 (夜總會等的)女招待; (展覽會等的)女解說員.
3 = air-hostess (air1).
4 female compere of a television programme, etc (電視節目等的)女主持人. Cf 參看 host 2.
?? 考研助記
后綴:ess 表示女性或雌性(動物)
?? 擴展釋義
*['h?ustis]n. 女主人, 女房東, 女老板
?? 同詞根單詞
hostn. [計算機]主機;主人,東道主;節目主持人;酒店業主;
vt. 當主人;主辦宴會,主持節目;款待,做東;
vi. 做主人,做東道主;