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stockings and
socks (尤用于商店袜类：the
hosiery departmem：袜类部
hos-pice /'hDspis; NAmE 'ha:s-/ noun a hospital
for people who are dying 临终安养院：cm AZDS
hospice 艾
滋病f者安养院
hos-pit-able
/ho'spitabl; 'hospitabl; NAmE ha:'s-; 'ha:s-/
adj. 1 - (to/towards
sb) (of a person A) pleased to welcome guests; generous and friendly to
visitors 好客 的;热情友好的；殷勤的cm welcoming The local peopZe
are very hospitab丨e to strangers•当地人对外来客
人+分友好热情 ^ 2 having good conditions that allow things
to grow; having a pleasant environment (作物 生长条件）适宜的；（环境）舒适的：a
hospitaWe ciimate.宜人的气候..EH3 inhospitable ►
hospitably /-abli/
adv.
h〇S*pital ^ /'hDspitl; NAmE'hais-/ noun a large
building where people who are ill/sick or injured are given medical treatment
and care 医院： He had to go to hospital/or treatment.他不得不去 医蚝接受治疗。◊
(AMrnf) ffe had to go to the ZiospitaZ /Qr treatment•他木得木去医院接受治疗。◊
to be admitted to (tfiej hospfta丨被接受入院◊
to be discharged from (the) hospital ^ Hi ^ 0 The injured were
rus/ied to ft/ie) KospftaZ in an ambutonce.救护车 把伤员火速送往医院。◊
He died in仲eM〇spita〖.他在医 院里去世。◊
/’m going to the hospitaZ to visit my brother it要去医院探望我弟弟。oa psychiatric/mentaZ hospital 精神病院◊
hospfta〖 doctors/mirses/staJSf 医院 _ 生 /.护 i /.知、工◊
There is an urgent need /or more hospita〖 beds.医院床位急需增加。一see also cottage
HOSPITAL
BRITISH/AMERICAN英国/美国英语 hospital
羼 In 8厂£ you say to hospital or in hospital when you talk about somebody being there as a patient.在募
国英语中，丢医院看病或住院诊治用to
hospital或in
hospital: / had to go to
hosp/to/.我得去医齒看病。
々 she spent
two weeks in hospital. 两周。
■ In /VAwf you need to use the.北美英语要用定冠词
the: / /wd fo go to f/?e /7〇sp/fcr/.我得去医院看病。◊
spent fwo jvedcs /n f/7e hosp/’to/.她住
*两病。
.hospital
'corners noun [pi.] a
way of folding the sheets at the corners of a bed tightly and neatly, in a way
that they are often folded in a hospital 医院床单折
角法丨整巧紧折四角).
hos-pi-tal-ity /.hDspi'taelati; NAmE ,ha:s-/
noun [u]
1
friendly and
generous behaviour towards guests Iff- 客；殷勤：77icmfc
you _/br your fcfnd hospitaHty.感谢你 的友好款待。2 food,
drink or services that are provided by an organization for guests, customers,
etc.
(款待客人、顾客等的）食物，饮料，服务；款待：We were
entertained in the company^ hospitality suite. 司款待我们住进他们的迎宾套间。◊ t/ie hospitoH/y
industry (= hotels, restaurants, etc.)招待性行业（如旅 馆、，店$ >
hos-pi-tal-ize {BrE also -ise)
/'hospitalaiz; NAmE *ha:s-/ verb [VN], [usually passive] to send sb to a hospital for treatment 送（某人）入院治疗► hos.pi.tal.iza.tion， -isa.tion /.hDspitalai'zeiJn; NAmE .haispitala'z-/
noun [U]： a tong period 〇/ hospftaZizariori 长期住院 ■hospital pass
now/? (in rugby 橄榄球)a pass that is too far in front of a player, so that as
they catch the ball they will probably be tackled
by a player from the •other team, and possibly hurt易受伤的传&(球传得过 远，接球手接球时很可能被对方球员擒抱摔倒甚至受伤）
host 〇-w /haust;
NAmEhoust/
noun, verb • noun 1 [C] a person
who invites guests to a meal, a party, etc. or who has people staying at their
house 主人：Jan, our host，mtroduced us to
the other 幻iests.主 人伊恩把我们介紹给了其他客人。一see also hostess(I)
[C] a country, a city or an
organization that holds and arranges a special event东道主;主办国（或城市、机
构 t: The
college is playing host to a group of visiting 只itssicm scfent^te.学麁正在接待—批来访的俄乡斯科学
家。3 [C] a person who introduces a television
or radio show, and talks to guests (电视或广播的}节目主持人
PCITI compare : a 7V
game show host 电视游戏节目 主持人一see also announcer(I),
presenter(I) 4 j[C] (technical 7|ti§) an animal or a plant on
which another animal or plant lives and feeds (寄生动植物的.）寄主， 宿主.5 [C】~ of
sb/sth a large number of people or things 许多；大量：a host
o/possfbt7iries 多种可能性 6 [C] the main computer in a network that controls or supplies
information to other computers that are connected to it (计算机网络的）主机，服务机：trcms/erring/i〖es介om t/ie
host to your ZocaZ computer从主机南伴的本地机传送
文件 7 the Host [sing.]
the bread that is used in the Christian service of Communion, after it has been BLESSED
(成圣体的面饼）祭品，祭饼
■ verb [VN] 1 to organize an event to which others are
invited and make all the arrangements for them 主，办，
■_ 主持（活动）：Germany hosted t/ie WorW Cup/i'naZs•德 国±办了#界杯决赛。2 to
introduce a television or radio programme, a show, etc.主持（电视或广播节目
等）：compere 3 to
organize a party that you have invited guests to作为主人组织{聚备）；做东：to host
a dinner 设宴招待客人
4 to store a website on a computer
connected to the Internet, usually in return for payment (通常收费在与互联网连接的计算机上
>,:存 储闲 : a company that builds and hosts
e-commerce sites在互联网上建立并存储电子商务网站的耸司
hos-tage /'hDstid3； NAmE 'ha:s-/ noun a
person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be
injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking 人廣；Three children were
tafcen hostage during the banfc robbery.在银行:抢 劫案中有三名儿童被扣为人质。◊
He was heW hostage /or almost a year•他被扣为人质几近一年。◊
TTie government is negotiating the reZease.o/ the hostages. 政府正 就释放人质进行谈判。〇 note at prisoner IRTil a ,hostage
to 'fortune something that you have, or have promised to do, that
could cause trouble or worry in the future可能招惹麻烦（或担忧）的东西（或许诺）； 造成后患的事物
'hostage-taker noun a
person, often one of a group, who captures sb and holds them prisoner, and who
may injure or kill them if people do not do what the person is asking 劫持人质者►’hostage-tiiking /7〇wa7 [U]
hos-tel /'hDstl; NAmE 'haistl/
noun 1 a building that provides cheap accommodation and meals
to students, workers or travellers宿舍，招待所（提供廉价食宿服
务）一see
also youth hostel 2 (fir£) (also shel-ter
NAmE, Br£) a
building, usually run by a charity, where people who have no home can stay for
a short time l|fi 时收容所；慈善收容所：a hostd
/or the homeiess流浪
者之家
hos-tel-ry /'hDStalri; NAmE 'ha:s-/
{pi. -ies)
noun [old use
or /mmoraws) a pub or hotel 酒吧；旅店
hostess /'haustas; -es; NAmE 'houstas/
noun 1 a woman who invites guests to a meal, a party, etc.; a
woman who has people staying at her home ic.主人；女房东 Mary was ahvays the pef/ect
hostess.玛丽总是最殷勤的
女主人。2 a woman who is employed to welcome and
entertain men at a nightclub (_ 夜总会的）女招待
2
a woman who introduces and talks to guests
on a television or radio show (电视或广播节目的）女主持人
compere 4 {
hos.tile /‘hostail; AM/rjf
'haistl; -tail/ 1 〜（to/to- wards sb)sth) very unfriendly oi* aggressive and ready to argue or
fight 敌意的；故对的：The
speaker got a hostile reception介om the au七ence•演讲人邊到了听众喝
倒彩。◊ She was
openly hosriZe towards her parents.她
公&知抗她的父母。2 ~ (to sth) strongly rejecting sth 坚 决否定；强烈反对.HUH opposed tohostile to the idea'o/change
强烈反对变革
3 making it difficult for sth to happen or to be achieved 有阻碍的；不利的：hostile conditions for plants to grow in fij T ^
W
belonging to a military
enemy 舍军的；&人的： hostile territo/y 敌方领土 5 (fcws/ness _) (of an offer，to