n (1)宾(客)人(person who receives hospitality at another person's home)[C]：expect/have～s to/for dinner等/有客人吃晚饭;come to the concert as sb's～s 作为某人的客人来听音乐会;invite sb to be one's～邀请某人作客;a dinner/weekend/wedding～赴晚宴/周末/婚礼的客人;an uninvited～不速之客;the～of honour 贵宾;〖同〗visitor;〖反〗 host，hostess;

(2)房客(person who stays in a hotel)[C]：have accommodation for 400～s可住下400名旅客;a paying/hotel～房客;a～bedroom 客房;〖同〗 lodger;

(3)客串(特约)演员(person who is invited to perform in a show or at a ceremony)[C]：a special～一位特邀演员;make a～appearance on the chat/TV show在电视访谈/电视节目中作为特约演员露面;a～artist/comedian/conductor/singer 特约演员/喜剧演员/乐队指挥/歌手;

(4)特邀来宾，特约与会者(person specially invited to visit a place，esp in a conference)[C]：visit a state as～of the government 应政府邀请访问一国家;a～speaker 演讲嘉宾;

be my guest 请便：“May I use the telephone?” “Be my～!”“我可以用一下电话吗?”“请吧!”

→′guest-house n 宾馆;′guest-night n(俱乐部等社团)招待来宾的夜晚;来宾之夜;′guest-room n 客房;

vi 客串演出((in theatre and broadcasting or television) be a guest)[I，I+prep (on)](尤AmE)：He is～ing on a television panel show. 他在电视公开演出中客串演出。

【辨异】guest 与 visitor 和 caller 均指与别人或在某地共同度过或逗留一段时间的人。visitor(来宾)经常指由于社交的需要，或由于商务、观光等原因逗留一段时间，如：a visitor at our neighbor's house，in San Francisco(在旧金山我们邻居家的来访者);caller(来访者)指短暂地，通常是正式来访的人，如：The caller merely left her card.(来访者只留下了她的名片就走了。) guest 指任何接受款待的人，该词已被延伸包括任何支付膳宿的人，如：a welcome guest (受欢迎的客人);a paying guest(寄宿客)。