英汉词典

guest 基本解释

• n. 客人，宾客；顾客
• vt. 款待，招待
• vi. 作客，寄宿
• adj. 客人的；特邀的，客座的
• n. (Guest)人名；(英)格斯特

guest 词态变化

guest 中文词源

来自PIE*ghos, 陌生人，客人，词源同host, hospitable.

guest 英文词源

guest

guest: [13] Guest comes ultimately from the same source as produced host. Their family tree diverged in prehistoric times, but their close relationship is pointed up by the fact that the related French hôte means both ‘guest’ and ‘host’. The common ancestor was Indo- European *ghostis ‘stranger’, whose Germanic descendant *gastiz produced German and Dutch gast, Swedish gäst, Danish gæst, and English guest.

The Old English version of the word was giest, which would have produced modern English *yest, but it was elbowed out in Middle English times by Old Norse gestr. The spelling gu-, indicating a hard /g/ sound, developed in the 16th century.
=> host, xenophobia

guest (n.)

Old English gæst, giest (Anglian gest) "an accidental guest, a chance comer, a stranger," from Proto-Germanic *gastiz (cognates: Old Frisian jest, Dutch gast, German Gast, Gothic gasts "guest," originally "stranger"), from PIE root *ghos-ti- "stranger, guest; host" (cognates: Latin hostis, in earlier use "a stranger," in classical use "an enemy," hospes "host," from *hosti-potis "host, guest," originally "lord of strangers;" Greek xenos "guest, host, stranger;" Old Church Slavonic gosti "guest, friend," gospodi "lord, master"); the root sense, according to Watkins, probably is "someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality," representing "a mutual exchange relationship highly important to ancient Indo-European society." But as strangers are potential enemies as well as guests, the word has a forked path.

Spelling evolution influenced by Old Norse cognate gestr (the usual sound changes from the Old English word would have yielded Modern English *yest). Meaning "person entertained for pay" (at an inn, etc.) is from late 13c. Old English also had cuma "stranger, guest," literally "a comer." Phrase be my guest in the sense of "go right ahead" first recorded 1955.

guest (v.)

early 14c., "receive as a guest;" 1610s, "be a guest;" 1936, American English, "appear as a guest performer," from guest (n.). Related: Guested; guesting.

guest 词组搭配

guest 英文释义

1. a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

2. a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.

3. (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

guest 同义词解析

guest, visitor, passenger, customer, client

这些名词都含有"客人，访问者"之意。

guest： 多指事先受到激请而来，并受到欢迎与招待的宾客。也可指付钱居住者。

visitor： 普通用词，指出差、访问、旅游、参观或到旅馆投宿的人。

passenger： 主要指乘坐交通工具的游人或旅客。

customer： 主要指交易一方的买主、主顾。

client与customer同义，多指进入商店被店员接待或购物的人。

guest 双语例句

1. The duke was surprised by his wife's omission from the guest list.

公爵对他的夫人未在获邀宾客之列感到意外。

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2. Murray was a guest on a live radio show.

默里在一个直播的电台节目里当嘉宾。

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3. The boy's room is a complete contrast to the guest room.

这个男孩的房间和客房截然不同。

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4. She has been deliberately left off the guest list.

她被故意排除在嘉宾名单之外。

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5. Hospitality at the Presidential guest house was graciously declined.

安排下榻总统宾馆的接待被婉拒了。

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guest 实用场景例句

She guested on several chat shows while visiting Britain.

她访问英国时做过几个访谈节目的特邀嘉宾。

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‘Do you mind if I use the phone? ’ ‘Be my guest. ’

“可以用一下电话吗？”“请便。”

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a guest speaker

特邀演讲人

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The scientists are here as guests of our government.

这里的科学家是我国政府的贵宾。

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He made a guest appearance on the show.

他在这个节目里是客串出场。

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Our special guest tonight is…

今晚我们的嘉宾是…

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a guest artist/star/singer

特约艺人 / 明星 / 歌手

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Guests should vacate their rooms by 10.30 a.m.

旅客应在上午10:30以前腾出房间。

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a paying guest (= a person who is living in a private house, but paying as if they were in a hotel)

寄宿客（付费住在私人家中的人）

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We have accommodation for 500 guests.

我们有可供500位客人住宿的房间。

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Liz was not on the guest list .

利兹不在邀请之列。

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He was the guest of honour (= the most important person invited to an event) .

他是贵宾。

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more than 100 wedding guests

100多位出席婚礼的宾客

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I went to the theatre club as Helen's guest.

海伦请我去戏剧俱乐部看戏了。

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We have guests staying this weekend.

这周末我家有客人来住。

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If anybody wants to work on this, be my guest.

如果哪位想干这个，请便。

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The band have recently guested on records by Ringo Starr and Tears For Fears.

这个乐队最近在林戈·斯塔尔和“恐惧之泪”乐队的唱片中客串过。

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He guested for one or two League sides...

他在一两支联赛队伍中做过外援。

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Hotels operate a collection service for their guests from the airports.

宾馆为客人提供机场接机服务。

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I was the only hotel guest...

我是宾馆里唯一的住客。

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Dr Gerald Jeffers is the guest speaker...

杰拉尔德·杰弗斯博士是特邀演讲人。

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...a frequent chat show guest...

经常出现在访谈节目中的特邀嘉宾

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Their guests sipped drinks on the veranda.

他们的客人在游廊里浅酌着美酒。

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She was a guest at the wedding...

她是参加婚礼的客人。

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