hospitable
/ˈhɒspɪtəbl/adjective
1- friendly and welcoming to strangers or guests好客的, 殷勤的:
two friendly, hospitable brothers run the hotel.
两个友好又好客的兄弟经营这家旅馆。
1.1
- (of an environment) pleasant and favourable for living in(环境)适宜居住的:
the Sonoran desert is one of the least hospitable places on earth.
索诺兰沙漠是世界上最不适宜居住的地方。
派生词
hospitably
adverb词源
late 16th cent.: from French, from obsolete hospiter 'receive a guest', from medieval Latin hospitare 'entertain', from hospes, hospit- (see HOST1).