语法分析：HOST在这里为什么用作复数原句：ThetournamentkicksoffinMelbournewithhostsAustraliafeaturingintheopeningmatch.

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语法分析：HOST 在这里为什么用作复数
原句：The tournament kicks off in Melbourne with hosts Australia featuring in the opening match.

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The tournament kicks off in Melbourne with hosts Australia featuring in the opening match.
中文翻译：在这场开幕式比赛中以澳大利亚主办国家球队（队员）为主角的锦标赛在墨尔本开始了.
【1】tournament
英 ['tʊənəmənt] 美 [ˈtʊrnəmənt, ˈtɚ-]
n. 锦标赛,联赛；中世纪的骑士比武；锦标赛
淘汰制； 锦标赛； 比赛； 联赛 复数：tournaments
锦标赛
A tournament is a sports competition in which players who win a match continue to play further matches in the competition until just one person or team is left
The tournament is open to both amateurs and professionals.
这次锦标赛业余选手和职业选手均可参加.
2. the eventual winner of the tournament
锦标赛的最终胜利者
3. the knockout stages of the tournament
锦标赛的淘汰赛阶段
4. a pro-am golf tournament
包括职业和业余选手参加的高尔夫球锦标赛
5. The Council resolved that the next tournament should be held in Shanghai.
理事会决定下次比赛在上海举行.
【2】kick off
英 [kik ɔf] 美 [kɪk ɔf]
（足球）中线开球；（使）开始；死；踢开
（在足球比赛中）开球
In football, when the players kick off, they start a game by kicking the ball from the centre of the pitch.
Liverpool kicked off an hour ago.
利物浦队一小时前开的球.
2. (事件、比赛或讨论等)开始
If an event, game, series, or discussion kicks off, or is kicked off, it begins.
The shows kick off on October 24th...
演出10月24日开始.
The Mayor kicked off the party..
. 市长宣布晚会开始.
We kicked off with a slap-up dinner.
我们先是享用了一顿考究的晚餐.
3. 短语动词踢掉（鞋） If you kick off your shoes, you shake your feet so that your shoes come off.
She stretched out on the sofa and kicked off her shoes.
她四肢平摊躺在沙发上,踢掉了鞋子.
4. 短语动词强使离开；赶走
To kick someone off an area of land means to force them to leave it.
We can't kick them off the island.
我们不能把他们从岛上赶走.
1.We kick-off our program by teaching the word kick-off.
我们以讲解kick-off这个词来开始我们的新节目.
2. The kick-off is at 3.
足球比赛3点开球.
3. Well, I really must kick off now. I've stayed long enough.
嗯,我真的必须走了,我在此待得够久了.
4. When should we kick off?
我们什么时候开始?
5. It might be a good idea to kick off with a few folk songs.
一开始就来几支民歌可能是个好主意.
【3】feature
英 ['fi:tʃə(r)] 美 [ˈfitʃɚ]
n. 特征,特点；容貌,面貌；（期刊的）特辑；故事片
vt. 使有特色；描写…的特征；以…为号召物
vi. 起主要作用；作重要角色
特征； 功能； 面貌； 部件 复数：features
过去式：featured 过去分词：featured 现在分词：featuring 第三人称单数：features
【4】Melbourne
英 ['melbən] 美 ['melbərn]
n. 墨尔本（有二：其一为澳大利亚东南部港市,另一为美国佛罗里达州东部城市）
[人名] [英格兰人姓氏] 梅尔本住所名称,来源于古英语,含义是“中间的,或磨坊+溪流”(middle,or mil+stream)；[地名] [澳大利亚、美国、英国] 墨尔本
墨尔本； 澳大利亚； 墨尔本（澳大利亚）
【5】host
英 [həʊst] 美 [host]
n. [计算机]主机；主人,东道主；节目主持人；酒店业主
vt. 当主人；主办宴会,主持节目；款待,做东
vi. 做主人,做东道主
主机； 宿主； 主人； 节目主持人 复数：hosts 过去式：hosted 过去分词：hosted 现在分词：hosting 第三人称单数：hosts
（举办聚会等的）主人,东道主
The host at a party is the person who has invited the guests and provides the food, drink, or entertainment.
Apart from my host, I didn't know a single person there..
. 除了主人外,那里的人我一个也不认识.
Tommy Sopwith was always the perfect host
. 汤米·索普威斯对人一向热情款待.
动词作为主人组织,做东举办（聚会等）
If someone hosts a party, dinner, or other function, they have invited the guests and provide the food, drink, or entertainment.
Tonight she hosts a ball for 300 guests.
今晚她做东举办一场有300名客人参加的舞会.
...a banquet hosted by the president of Kazakhstan.
哈萨克斯坦总统举行的宴会
（某项活动的）主办国（或城市、机构）
A country, city, or organization that is the host of an event provides the facilities for that event to take place.
Barcelona was chosen to be host of the 1992 Olympic games.
巴塞罗那获选为1992年奥运会的主办城市.
...a preliminary qualifying tournament in Andorra involving the host country.
在安道尔举行的有东道国参加的预选资格赛
4. VERB 动词（国家、城市或机构）主办（活动） If a country, city, or organization hosts an event, they provide the facilities for the event to take place.
Cannes hosts the annual film festival.
戛纳每年主办电影节.
5. PHRASE 短语主办（活动）;接待（贵客） If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
In 1987 Canada played host to the Commonwealth Conference...
1987年加拿大主办了英联邦大会.
The Prime Minister played host to French Premier Jacques Chirac.
首相接待了法国总理雅克·希拉克.
6. N-COUNT 可数名词（广播、电视的）节目主持人 The host of a radio or television show is the person who introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
I am host of a live radio programme. 我是一个电台直播节目的主持人.
7. VERB 动词主持（广播、电视节目） The person who hosts a radio or television show introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
She also hosts a show on St Petersburg Radio.
她还在圣彼得堡电台主持一个节目.
8. QUANT 数量词大量;许多 A host of things is a lot of them.
A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel..
. 可能推迟英吉利海峡隧道开通的问题一大筐.
Today we have radios, TVs, and a whole host of gadgets powered by electricity. 今天我们有收音机、电视机和一大堆小型电器.
9. N-COUNT 可数名词（生物的）生长地,栖息地
If an area is host to living things, those creatures live and feed in that area.
Uganda's beautiful highlands are host to a wide range of wildlife.
乌干达美丽的高地是众多野生动物的栖息地.
10. N-COUNT 可数名词（计算机）主机 A host or a host computer is the main computer in a network of computers, which controls the most important files and programs.
11. N-COUNT 可数名词（寄生物的）寄主,宿主 The host of a parasite is the plant or animal which it lives on or inside and from which it gets its food.
When the eggs hatch the larvae eat the living flesh of the host animal.
当卵孵化后,幼虫取食寄主的鲜肉.
12. N-COUNT 可数名词圣体（基督教圣餐礼等宗教仪式中代表耶稣躯体的面饼）
The Host is the bread which is used to represent the body of Christ in Christian church services such as Holy Communion.
【6】Australia
英 [ɒ'streɪlɪə] 美 [ɔˈstreljə]
n. [地名][大洋洲]澳大利亚,澳洲；澳元
澳大利亚； 澳洲； 大洋洲； 澳大利亚联邦