主人的英文叫做host,女主人则为hostess。
host的用法如下:
一、host可以指主人,可以指聚会的主人或东道主。
Apart from my host, I didn't know a single person there.
Tommy Sopwith was always the perfect host.
二、host也可以指主办国,即某项活动的主办国或城市。
a preliminary qualifying tournament in Andorra involving the host country
Barcelona was chosen to be host of the 1992 Olympic games.
主人
1. (雇用仆人的人) master
2. (接待客人的人) host: 女主人 hostess
3. (财物或权力的所有人) owner; proprietor; possessor: 房子的主人 owner of the house; 国家的主人 master of the country
主人 [zhǔ ren]
[释义] owner; (雇用仆人的人) master; (接待客人的人) host; proprietor; Amphitryon;
[例句]这辆车必须归还给真正的主人。
The car must be returned to its rightful owner.
owner