英语词汇“hospitable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	hospitable
释义	hos·pita·ble \häˈspi]d.əbəl, ˈhäˌspi], ]tə-, also ˈhäspə̇] sometimes hȯˈs- or ˈhȯ(ˌ)s- or həˈspi]\ adjective Etymology: New Latin hospitabilis, from Latin hospitare to be a guest, lodge + -abilis -able 1. a. : marked by or given to generous and cordial reception and entertainment of guests or strangers < they are hospitable …: give a guest everything, and leave him free to do as he likes — Bram Stoker > < this hospitable, talkative man who was everywhere bustling about, trying to be of service — O.E.Rölvaag > b. : promising or suggesting generous and cordial welcome and entertainment < wrote off immediately on his return to his inn the most hospitable of invitations — W.M.Thackeray > < small incommunicable mysteries … chambered in their inner hearts and guarded by their hospitable faces — A.T.Quiller-Couch > c. : offering a pleasant or sustaining environment : not hostile < hard sandstone ridges carry a soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth — American Guide Series: New Jersey > < the British Isles enjoy a hospitable climate, but the British gardener does not have life too easy — Emily Hahn > 2. : marked by ready or willing receptivity (as of new ideas) : favorably disposed especially to the new or strange < keep the mind open and hospitable to new evidence on any side of the question — W.J.Reilly > < freedom to inquire and teach … provides a climate more hospitable to fresh vision — Sidney Hook > Synonyms: see social
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