Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 48
Horseman (n.) 騎馬者，馬術師，養馬者 A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
Horseman (n.) (Mil.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.
Horseman (n.) (Zool.) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.
Horseman (n.) (Zool.) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman ({Eques lanceolatus).
Horseman (n.) A man skilled in equitation [syn: {horseman}, {equestrian}, {horseback rider}].
Horseman (n.) A person who breeds and cares for horses [syn: {horseman}, {horse fancier}].
Horsemanship (n.) The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.
Horsemint (n.) A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata).
Horsemint (n.) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).
Horsenail (n.) A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.
Horseplay (n.) Rude, boisterous play.
Horsepond (n.) A pond for watering horses.
Horse power (n.) 馬力 The power which a horse exerts.
Horse power (n.) A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second, etc.
Horse power (n.) A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor.
Horsepower (n.) [ C or U ] (Plural horsepower) (Abbreviation hp) 馬力（引擎的功率單位元） A unit for measuring the power of an engine.
// A 100-horsepower engine 100.
Horse-radish (n.) A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine.
Horserake (n.) A rake drawn by a horse.
Horseshoe (n.) A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
Horseshoe (n.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab.
Horseshoer (n.) One who shoes horses.
Horseshoeing (n.) The act or employment of shoeing horses.
Horsetail (n.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.
Horsetail (n.) A Turkish standard, denoting rank.
Horseweed (n.) A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.
Horsewhip (n.) A whip for horses.
Horsewhip (v. t.) To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.
Horsewomen (n. pl. ) of Horsewoman
Horsewoman (n.) A woman who rides on horseback.
Horsewoman (n.) [ C ] (pl. - women) 女騎士 A female horseman.
// She's a keen horsewoman.
Horsewood (n.) A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.
Horseworm (n.) The larva of a botfly.
Horsiness (n.) The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse.
Horsiness (n.) Fondness for, or interest in, horses.
Horsly (a.) Horselike.
Horsy (a.) Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions.
Hortation (n.) 勸告；獎勵 The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation. [R.]
Hortative (a.) 勸告的，獎勵的 Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. -- Bullokar.
Hortative (n.) An exhortation. [Obs.]
Hortative (a.) Giving strong encouragement [syn: {exhortative}, {exhortatory}, {hortative}, {hortatory}].
Hortatory (a.) 勸告的，忠告的；勉勵性的，激勵性的 Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. -- Holland.
Hortatory (a.) Giving strong encouragement [syn: exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory].
Hortensial (a.) Fit for a garden.
Horticultor (n.) One who cultivates a garden.
Horticultural (a.) Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.
Horticultural (a.) Of or relating to the cultivation of plants.
Horticulture (n.) The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.
Horticulture (n.) The cultivation of plants [syn: gardening, horticulture].
Horticulturist (n.) One who practices horticulture.
Horticulturist (n.) An expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) [syn: horticulturist, plantsman].
Hortulan (a.) Belonging to a garden. [Obs.] -- Evelyn
Hortus siccus () A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.
Hortyard (n.) An orchard. [Obs.]
Hosannas (n. pl. ) of Hosanna.
Hosanna (n.) 賀三納 A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. "Hosanna to the Highest." -- Milton.
Hosanna to the Son of David. -- Matt. xxi. 9.
Hosanna (n.) A cry of praise or adoration (to God).
Hose (n. pl. ) of Hose.
Hosen (n. pl. ) of Hose.
Hose (n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.
These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. -- Dan. iii. 21.
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. -- Shak.
Hose (n.) Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
Hose (n.) A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.
Hose carriage, Hose cart, or Hose truck, A wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires.
Hose company, A company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.]
Hose coupling, Coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end.
Hose wrench, A spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.
Hose (n.) Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) [syn: hosiery, hose].
Hose (n.) Man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet.
Hose (n.) A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas [syn: hose, hosepipe].
Hose (v.) Water with a hose; "hose the lawn" [syn: hose, hose down].
Hose (v. t.) [Common] To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance.
?That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system.? See hosed.
Hose (n.) A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks.
Hose (n.) Cabling, especially thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called bit hose or hosery (play on ?hosiery?) or ?etherhose?. See also washing machine.
Hose, () To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system." See hosed.
Hose, () A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks.
Hose, () Cabling, especially thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called "bit hose" or "hosery" (a play on "hosiery") or "etherhose". See also washing machine. [{Jargon File]
Hose, () (Dan. 3:21), (a.) Tunic or undergarment.
Hosen (n. pl.) See Hose. [Archaic]
Hosier (n.) One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
Hosier (n.) A tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear.
Hosiery (n.) The business of a hosier.
Hosiery (n.) Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.
Hosiery (n.) Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) [syn: hosiery, hose].
Hospice (n.) A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.
Hospice (n.) A lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order).
Hospice (n.) A program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill.
Hospitable (a.) 好客的，招待周到的 Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.
Hospitable (a.) Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites.
Hospitable (a.) Favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment" [ant: {inhospitable}].
Hospitable (a.) Disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations" [ant: {inhospitable}].
Hospitable (a.) Having an open mind; "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions".
Hospitableness (n.) 熱情好客，殷勤，友好, （待客用的）食物，飲料, 招待，款待… The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.
Hospitably (adv.) 招待周到地；親切地 In a hospitable manner.
Hospitage (n.) Hospitality. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Hospital (n.) 醫院 [C] [U]；養育院，救濟院 [C]，慈善機構（用於專有名詞中）；（小物件）修理店 [C] A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Hospital (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.
{Hospital ship}, A vessel fitted up for a floating hospital.
{Hospital Sunday}, A Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday.
Hospital (a.) 好客的，招待周到的；（氣候、環境等）宜人的；適宜的 Hospitable. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Hospital (n.) A health facility where patients receive treatment [syn: {hospital}, {infirmary}].
Hospital (n.) A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care.
Hospital ball (n.) [ C ] (Also hospital pass) （足球比賽中，因為傳得較弱或不准，讓雙方都有機會得到球，導致因爭搶而受傷的機會增加的）易讓人受傷的傳球 In football, a pass that is weak or not accurate and has an equal chance of being received by a player from either team, increasing the possibility of the players getting injured.
Hospitaler (n.) 教會慈善團體之團員（尤指照料有疾病、有急需者的人） One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.
Hospitaler (n.) One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta. Hospitalisation
Hospitalism (n.) (Med.) 醫院病；長期住醫院給病人帶來的不良影響；長期孤兒院生活的不良影響 A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
Hospitalism (n.) [Mass noun] The adverse effects of a prolonged stay in hospital, such as developmental retardation in children.
Hospitalities (n. pl. ) of Hospitality.
Hospitality (n.) [U] 好客；殷勤招待；（對新思想等的）接受能力，理解力 The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.
Given to hospitality. -- Rom. xii. 13.
And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of hospitality. -- Shak.
Hospitality (n.) Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers [syn: {cordial reception}, {hospitality}] [ant: {inhospitality}].
Hospitality (n.) The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.
Hospitality (n.) [ U ] (C1) 熱情好客；殷勤；友好 The act of being friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors.
// The local people showed me great hospitality.
Hospitality (n.) [ U ] （待客用的）食物，飲料；招待，款待 Food, drink, entertainment, etc. that an organization provides for guests or business partners.
// The company's guests are entertained in the corporate hospitality area.
Hospitalisation or Hospitalization (n.) 醫院收容；住院治療 Medical care in a hospital; also, the period during which one receives care in a hospital.
Syn: hospital care.
Hospitalization (n.) A period of time when you are confined to a hospital; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization".
Hospitalization (n.) The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital; "He hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization".
Hospitalization (n.) Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense [syn: hospitalization insurance, hospitalization].
Hospitalization (n.) Placing in medical care in a hospital [syn: hospitalization, hospitalisation, hospital care].
Hospitalize (v. t.) (Med.) 使住院治療 To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital. [Archaic]
Hospitalize (v. t.) To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, observation, or for rest.
Syn: hospitalise.
Hospitalize (v.) Admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high" [syn: {hospitalize}, {hospitalise}].
Hospitate (v. t.) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest. [Obs.] -- Cockeram.
Hospitate (v. i.) To receive hospitality; to be a guest. [Obs.] -- Grew.
Hospitium (n.) An inn; a lodging; a hospice. [Obs.]
Hospitium (n.) (Law) An inn of court. [Obs.]
Hospodar (n.) A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.
Hospodar (n.) A former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
Host (n.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.
Host (v. t.) To give entertainment to. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Host (n.) An army; a number of men gathered for war.
A host so great as covered all the field. -- Dryden.
Host (n.) Any great number or multitude; a throng.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of
the heavenly host praising God. -- Luke ii. 13.
All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. -- Wordsworth.
Host (v. i.) To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] "Where you shall host." -- Shak.
Host (n.) One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. -- Chaucer. "Fair host and Earl." -- Tennyson.
Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. -- Shak.
Host (n.) (Biol.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.
Host (n.) A person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there.
Host (n.) A vast multitude [syn: {horde}, {host}, {legion}].
Host (n.) An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association [ant: {parasite}].
Host (n.) A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn: {master of ceremonies}, {emcee}, {host}].
Host (n.) Archaic terms for army [syn: {host}, {legion}].
Host (n.) Any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games".
Host (n.) (Medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor.
Host (n.) The owner or manager of an inn [syn: {host}, {innkeeper}, {boniface}].
Host (n.) A technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion.
Host (n.) (Computer science) A computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network [syn: {server}, {host}].
Host (v.) Be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night".
Host (n.) An entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary (Luke 10:35).
In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26). Every male Israelite from twenty to fifty years of age was bound by the law to bear arms when necessary (Num. 1:3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5).
Saul was the first to form a standing army (1 Sam. 13:2; 24:2). This example was followed by David (1 Chr. 27:1), and Solomon (1 Kings 4:26), and by the kings of Israel and Judah (2 Chr. 17:14; 26:11; 2 Kings 11:4, etc.).
Hostage (n.) [C] 人質；抵押品 A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
Hostage (n.) A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms [syn: {hostage}, {surety}].
Hostel (n.) 旅舍（尤其指青年旅舍） An inn. [Archaic] -- Poe.
So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. -- Tennyson.
Hostel (n.) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] -- Holinshed.
Hostel (n.) A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge].
Hostel (n.) Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) [syn: hostel, youth hostel, student lodging].
Hosteler (n.) The keeper of a hostel or inn.
Hosteler (n.) A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge.
Hostelry (n.) An inn; a lodging house.
Hostess (n.) A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.
Hostess (n.) A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.
Hostess-ship (n.) The character, personality, or office of a hostess.
Hostie (n.) The consecrated wafer; the host.
Hostile (a.) 敵人的，敵對的；懷有敵意的；不利的 Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
Hostile (n.) 敵對者，敵對物；敵方 An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
Hostile (a.) (Difficult) (C1) 艱苦的；惡劣的；不利的 Difficult or not suitable for living or growing.
// Hostile weather conditions.
// A hostile climate/ environment.
Hostile (a.) (Enemy) [ Before noun ] 敵方的；敵人的 Connected with the enemy in a war.
// Hostile aircraft/ forces.
Hostilely (adv.) In a hostile manner.
Hostilities (n. pl. ) of Hostility.
Hostilities (n. pl.) 戰爭；戰鬥；hostility的名詞複數 A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration, during which the international rules of war apply.
Syn: war, state of war, hot war.
We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity. -- Atterbury.
Hostilities (n. pl.) Acts of overt warfare.
Syn: belligerency.
Hostility (n.; pl.) {Hostilities} State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
Hostility being thus suspended with France. -- Hayward.
Hostility (n.) An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. See {hostilities}.
He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. -- Crabb.
Syn: Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.
Hostilities (n.) Fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities" [syn: {hostilities}, {belligerency}].
Hostility (n.) State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
Hostility (n.) An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.
Hostility (n.) (Unfriendliness) C2 [ U ] 敵意，不友好 An occasion when someone is unfriendly or shows that they do not like something.
// They showed open (= obvious) hostility to/ towards their new neighbours.
Hostilize (v. t.) To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.
Hosting (n.) An encounter; a battle.