喜樂美語

Picture someone who has been invited and welcomed into a place or occasion that isn't their own — a party, a home, a show. They didn't set it up and they don't run it; they are received, looked after, and treated as special for a while. That's the heart of 'guest': the welcomed one, the opposite of the host.

可以想成：一個被邀請、被迎進來的人。這個場合、這個地方不是他的——派對不是他辦的，家不是他的家——但他被歡迎進來、被招待、被當成客人照顧一陣子。核心畫面比較像「被迎進門的那一位」，正好和主人相對。

From the word’s history

'Guest' comes from Old Norse 'gestr', from the ancient root *ghos-ti- meaning 'stranger / guest / host' — the same root behind host, hospitality, and hostile. Long ago it named a stranger you took in and received, which is exactly the modern feeling: someone from outside whom you welcome and look after.

guest 來自古北歐語 gestr，再往上是古老字根 *ghos-ti-，意思同時是「陌生人／客人／主人」——host（主人）、hospitality（好客）都是同一家族。最早指的是你收留、接待的外來者，正好對上今天的核心感覺：一個從外面來、你迎進來照顧的人。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'guest' < PIE *ghos-ti-

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

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n複數 guests

v過去式 guested過去分詞 guested-ing guesting三單 guests

意思相近

visitorspecial guestattendeelodgerguest starhouseguestappearperformfeature

意思相反

hoststaffregular

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Guestname

  • 1

    A surname.

    • The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
  • 2

    A river in Virginia, United States, a tributary of the Clinch.

  • 3

    An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.

  • 4

    A visitor to any of the Disney theme parks

guestnoun/ɡɛst/

  • 1

    A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

    • The guests were let in by the butler.
    • We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
  • 2

    A patron or customer in a hotel etc.

    • Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.
  • 3

    An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.

    • special guest
    • The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer.
  • 4

    computingengineeringmathematicsA user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.

  • 5

    biologynatural-scienceszoologyAny insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.

  • 6

    biologynatural-scienceszoologyAn inquiline.

guestverb/ɡɛst/

  • 1

    To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.

    • During the '60s, he guested as off-beat characters on TV shows like "The Asphalt Jungle," "Bus Stop," and "The Detectives."
    • Jimmy Fallon’s Trump impression struggled to match up to the real thing when Trump guested on his show.
  • 2

    As a musician: to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band).

    • Oldest son Trey, from Will's first marriage, paved the way for his sibling's stardom when he guested on his dad's hit rap album, Big Willie Style, lending some precocious dialogue to the beginning of "Just the Two of Us" and starring in the accompanying music video:
  • 3

    obsoleteTo receive or entertain hospitably.

    • Two Angels sent Two Heav'nly Scowts the Lord to Sodom sent ; downe , received and guested

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。