单词 | hospitable |
释义 | hos·pita·ble 1. a. < they are hospitable …: give a guest everything, and leave him free to do as he likes — Bram Stoker > < this hospitable, talkative man who was everywhere bustling about, trying to be of service — O.E.Rölvaag > b. < wrote off immediately on his return to his inn the most hospitable of invitations — W.M.Thackeray > < small incommunicable mysteries … chambered in their inner hearts and guarded by their hospitable faces — A.T.Quiller-Couch > c. < hard sandstone ridges carry a soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth — American Guide Series: New Jersey > < the British Isles enjoy a hospitable climate, but the British gardener does not have life too easy — Emily Hahn > 2. < keep the mind open and hospitable to new evidence on any side of the question — W.J.Reilly > < freedom to inquire and teach … provides a climate more hospitable to fresh vision — Sidney Hook > Synonyms: see social |
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