1 N-COUNT 客人;宾客 A guest is someone who is visiting you or is at an event because you have invited them. 客人;宾客
SYN visitor, company, caller, visitant
2 N-COUNT 特邀嘉宾;客串演员 A guest is someone who visits a place or organization or appears on a radio or television show because they have been invited to do so. 特邀嘉宾;客串演员
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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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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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They met when she made a guest appearance in the hit TV show Minder.
他们是在她客串出演热播电视系列剧《守护者》时认识的。
3 N-COUNT (旅馆的)客人,房客 A guest is someone who is staying in a hotel. →see usage note at: client (旅馆的)客人,房客
4 VERB 做特邀嘉宾;做特邀演员;客串 To guest means to take part in a performance or a match as a guest, rather than as a regular member. 做特邀嘉宾;做特邀演员;客串 [mainly British]
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He guested for one or two League sides. [VERB prep.]
他在一两支联赛队伍中做过外援。
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The band have recently guested on records by Ringo Starr and Tears For Fears. [VERB prep.]
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。
5 CONVENTION 请便;随便 If you say be my guest to someone, you are giving them permission to do something. 请便;随便
Quotations
Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests Max Beerbohm Hosts and Guests
Word Partnership | Use guest with: |
ADJ. | unwelcome guest 1 2 |
VERB. | be someone's guest, entertain a guest 1 2 accommodate a guest 1 - 3 |
N. | guest appearance, guest list, guest speaker 1 2 hotel guest 3 |
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