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单词 host
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host
(hst )
Word forms: hosts , hosting , hosted
1. countable noun B2
The host at a party is the person who has invited the guests and provides the food, drink, or entertainment.
Apart from my host, I didn't know a single person there.
Tommy was always the perfect host.
2. verb
If someone hosts a party, dinner, or other function, they have invited the guests and provide the food, drink, or entertainment.
Tonight she hosts a ball for 300 guests. [VERB noun]
...a banquet hosted by the president of Kazakhstan. [VERB noun]
3. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A country, city, or organization that is the host of an event provides the facilities for that event to take place.
...the host of the World Cup. [+ of]
...a preliminary qualifying tournament in Andorra involving the host country.
4. verb
If a country, city, or organization hosts an event, they provide the facilities for the event to take place.
Cannes hosts the annual film festival. [VERB noun]
5. to play host phrase
If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
Victoria Park, in east London, has played host to several music festivals.
The Prime Minister played host to the US President.
6. countable noun B2
The host of a radio or television show is the person who introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
I am host of a live radio programme. [+ of]
Synonyms: presenter, compere [British], anchorman or anchorwoman  
7. verb
The person who hosts a radio or television show introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
She also hosts a show on St Petersburg Radio. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: present, introduce, compere [British], front [informal]  
8. quantifier
A host of things is a lot of them.
...a host of problems. [+ of]
Today we have radios, TVs, and a whole host of gadgets powered by electricity.
9. countable noun [usu N to n]
If an area is host to living things, those creatures live and feed in that area.
Uganda's beautiful highlands are host to a wide range of wildlife.
10. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A host or a host computer is the main computer in a network of computers, which controls the most important files and programs.
11. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
The host of a parasite is the plant or animal which it lives on or inside and from which it gets its food. [technical]
When the eggs hatch the larvae eat the living flesh of the host animal.
12. countable noun [usually singular]
The Host is the bread which is used to represent the body of Christ in Christian church services such as Holy Communion. [technical]
Quotations:
A host is like a general; it takes a mishap to reveal his geniusHoraceSatires
Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guestsMax BeerbohmHosts and Guests
Collocations:
host a lunch
A luxury vessel has been hired to host a lunch for the 64 guests.
The Sun
The smallest model takes six hours to install and its 8ft diameter and built-in seats and table make it large enough to host a lunch party.
Times, Sunday Times
Naturally, the bankers hosting the lunch were trying to spin us a story.
ST
host a party
The hotel was to host a party and needed an organiser.
Times, Sunday Times
But if you're really attached to your carpets, maybe it's best not to host a party in your home.
The Sun
Does someone on the street have a really big garden and would they be happy to host the party (provided you all promised to help with the clearing up afterwards)?
Times, Sunday Times
But the guests used his home to host a party, using a professional sound system to blast out music all night.
Times, Sunday Times
They host a party on the night before the election at their mansion.
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host a reception
Traditionally, houses had two courtyards (though sometimes only one); one would host the reception of men and the other would be for private living use.
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In 1933, it hosted a reception for 400 when his grandfather married.
Times, Sunday Times
The couple then hosted a reception in a lakeside marquee.
Times, Sunday Times
They dream of hosting a reception in their garden and want a church wedding for me.
The Sun
host a series of
The museum's five designers in residence are let loose for one night only to host a series of innovative and ingenious talks, tasks and trails.
Times, Sunday Times
Due to its protected location the channel host a series of aquaculture cultivations.
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During the event, hundreds of restaurants, food vendors, chefs, and others on the culinary scene host a series of presentations, tastings, and more.
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This charming area of the capital hosts a series of exhibitions, events and talks.
Times, Sunday Times
They are also hosting a series of informal talks, including a tour of the fair.
Times, Sunday Times
host a site
Both communities have volunteered to host the site and support its construction.
Times, Sunday Times
After an initial consultation with the client they could subsequently design, develop and also host the site as a single operation.
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We neither asked to host this site nor not to host it.
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The company identified the operator of the servers hosting the site and threatened legal action if the images were not removed.
Times, Sunday Times
Surely the onus should be on the companies hosting the sites to clear up their mess.
Times, Sunday Times
host a summit
He will host a summit of coalition leaders.
The Sun
They would like to host a summit on the issue to figure out solutions to the problem.
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The holder of the presidency sets the agenda, hosts the summit for that year, and determines which ministerial meetings will take place.
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host a tournament
Given the magnitude of the clash, the billions spent to host the tournament and the expectations of a nation, it made it a longlasting catastrophe.
The Sun
Supporters will despair, knowing that this country should be clear favourite to host the tournament in 2018.
Times, Sunday Times
The delegation will help decide whether we get to host the tournament in eight years.
The Sun
It would be a major issue for the country if they can't host the tournament.
The Sun
Had we been asked to host a tournament of this scale a few years ago, we simply would not have been ready.
Times, Sunday Times
host a visit
The heavily guarded hotel regularly hosts visiting diplomats.
Times, Sunday Times
The lord had responsibility for maintaining order and collecting taxes, hosting visits from royalty and important guests, and judging legal disputes.
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The theatre also hosts visiting groups from on and off the island.
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The collections are loaned to qualified scientists and students around the world, and the department hosts visiting scientists who come to study the collections on-site.
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It also hosts visiting scholars and several legal research centers.
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host a website
However, to do this you will need to pay the domain seller for hosting your website.
Times, Sunday Times
These are the guys who often cannot afford the costs involved in creating and hosting a website, or have the expertise.
ST
Bloggers and others would be able to host their websites from there, protected against 'wellfunded vested interests censoring publications'.
Times, Sunday Times
He began to look after clients' computers as well as hosting their websites.
Times, Sunday Times
He worked out that if he hosted his website himself, and charged his friends to host theirs, he could ditch the paper round.
Times, Sunday Times
host plant
A success story, comma numbers plunged in the late 19th century, possibly due to the contraction of hop gardens, a host plant for their eggs.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The male form does not produce any berries and is much more vigorous with stronger growth, making it more likely to weaken its host plant over time.
The Sun (2017)
According to our hypothesis, ovariole number (as a proxy of reproductive capacity) depends on host plant selection.
Daniela Peluso, Eduardo M. Soto, Lucas Kreiman, Esteban Hasson, Julián Mensch 2016, 'Contrasting Plasticity in Ovariole Number Induced by A Dietary Effect of the Host Plants between Cactophilic Drosophila Species', Insects
host server
Each guest computer could perform as if they are using the host server directly.
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Below these levels, the next domain name component has been used to designate a particular host server.
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The host server requires some form of persistent storage (typically an array of hard disk drives) that store the hypervisor and support files.
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This technology requires a consumer to maintain a connection to a host server in order to use a particular product or play a game.
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Data centres are highsecurity warehouses that host servers on behalf of governments and companies.
Times,Sunday Times
host species
Favourite host species include dunnock, meadow pipit and reed warbler.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Host-sharing (spreading) was also identified but only between congeneric host species.
Rodrigo J. da Graça, Thomaz M. C. Fabrin, Luciano S. Gasques, Sônia M. A. P. Prioli, Juan A. Balbuena, Alberto J. Prioli, Ricardo M. Takemoto 2018, 'Topological congruence between phylogenies of Anacanthorus spp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) and their Characiformes (Actinopterygii) hosts: A case of host-parasite cospeciation', PLOS ONE
Specie specific prevalence of fascioliasis between the host species was statistically different.
Usman Mohammed Isah 2019, 'Studies on the prevalence of fascioliasis among ruminant animals in northern Bauchi state, north-eastern Nigeria', Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Molecular serotyping and pilus island typing of those isolates did not differentiate between populations isolated from different host species.
Ulrike Lyhs, Laura Kulkas, Jørgen Katholm, Karin Persson Waller, Kerttu Saha, Richard J. Tomusk, Ruth N. Zadoks 2016, 'Streptococcus agalactiae Serotype IV in Humans and Cattle, Northern Europe', Emerging Infectious Diseases
The above host species rarely carried rickettsiae.
Sándor Hornok, László Sugár, Isabel G. Fernández de Mera, José de la Fuente, Gábor Horváth, Tibor Kovács, Attila Micsutka, Enikő Gönczi, Barbara Flaisz, Nóra Takács, Róbert Farkas, Marina L. Meli, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann 2018, 'Tick- and fly-borne bacteria in ungulates: the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, haemoplasmas and rickettsiae in water buffalo and deer species in Central Europe, Hungary', BMC Veterinary Research
host star
By contrast, free-floating planets emit virtually no energy and, by definition, they do not orbit a host star.
Times,Sunday Times
These planets would also be subjected to the gravitational disruptions of a passing star that could fling the planet away from its life-sustaining host star.
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It detects planets that 'transit' or pass in front of their host star, causing periodic dips in its brightness as measured by the telescope's sensitive light detector.
Times, Sunday Times
Of the nine planets, two were close enough to their host star to contain liquid water.
Times, Sunday Times
Astronomers have inferred their existence from the way they perturb the motion of the host star.
Globe and Mail
host visitors
Identical beige buildings host visitors, genealogists and, of course, the missionaries.
Times, Sunday Times
Her job was to host visitors and on that day, her job was to host me.
Times, Sunday Times
Local families host visitors and prepare authentic dishes for them.
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popular host
Here was a credible, popular host.
Globe and Mail
Martin ended up being a popular host on the show.
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He was at the time the channel's most popular hosts, specializing in quiz programs.
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Players receive payouts weekly based upon the number of times a video has been viewed on the popular hosting sites.
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potential host
In the next 12 months teams of investigators will go undercover in the potential host cities.
The Sun
It colonises the xylem, causing bacterial wilt in a very wide range of potential host plants.
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Potential host cities are required to keep all events within the same city and no new sports venues should be built.
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Seven potential host communities were eventually identified and researched.
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The tick has the ability to sense the carbon dioxide from a potential host as well as body temperature.
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radio host
He sounds like a smooth-voiced radio host as he sits at his dining-room table chatting to his virtual audience.
Times, Sunday Times
Then we learned that the radio host was getting an unrequested weekend off.
Globe and Mail
Then there are those who manage to combine the two careers of musician and radio host.
Times, Sunday Times
The disaster-prone local radio host - famed for catchphrases like 'back of the net' - will star in ten 12-minute new episodes in the autumn.
The Sun
A brilliant radio host ... understands it's not all about them.
ST
stadium hosts
The stadium hosts soccer matches and also track and field competitions.
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Mostly, this stadium hosts first class and domestic cricket matches.
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The stadium hosts both international athletics tournaments, and the finals of national athletics competitions.
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The stadium hosts both trade and consumer shows.
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The stadium hosts both international soccer and athletics competitions.
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television host
The former television host, who suddenly has more time on his hands, certainly has the necessary experience.
Times, Sunday Times
Odd choice of career for a former abductee, television host.
Times, Sunday Times
He gained the admiration of millions by his voice and presence as a singer and television host.
Times,Sunday Times
A similar mistake could only be made by a television host today who failed so much as to glance at the newspapers in the weeks running up to the announcement.
The Times Literary Supplement
The author, reviewer and former primetime television host said that for him writing was a compulsion intensified by age.
Times, Sunday Times
venue hosts
The venue hosts high school sports, open track meets, youth sports, and occasionally college sports.
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The venue hosts many shows each month, and occasionally local music festivals.
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The venue hosts numerous events throughout the year from expo's to cultural performances.
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Today, the venue hosts theatrical and cabaret productions.
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The diverse programming of the venue hosts both local and international performers.
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whole host of
We're now addicted to a whole host of winter sports like ski-jumping and the luge.
The Sun (2014)
But the promotion favourites were almost caught out after missing a whole host of chances.
The Sun (2012)
He claims that people who are deluded about themselves and who distort reality in their favour face a whole host of problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is also a whole host of downloadable content available, for a price.
The Sun (2008)
Translations:
Chinese: 主人, 许多
Japanese: ホスト entertains, 多数 multitude
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