A hostess, "hostess," is the woman, in this case, in a restaurant 一个女领位，在这种场合下，在餐馆中，“女领位”是一个女人，

that says hello to you when you come in the restaurant - that greets you, 当你来餐厅时，向你问好的，

and she asks how many people are in your party, 她问你们有多少人用餐，

meaning how big is your group - how many people are in your group, 意思是你们这些人有多少——你们有多少人?

and then she takes you to a table. 然后她领你们去一张桌子。

The male version of this would be a host, "host." 如果是男士，那就是“男领位”。

So, a hostess is always a woman and host is a man. 所以，女领位永远是女人，男领位是男人。

In very expensive restaurants - in what we would call fancy restaurants, 在非常昂贵的餐馆里——我们称之为高档餐厅，

restaurants where you have to dress very nicely and you pay a lot of money for your food, 来这种餐厅，你必须穿得很漂亮，而且你要为你的食物花上大价钱，

they sometimes have what's called the maitre d', a maitre d', 有时候他们有所谓的领班，“领班”，

which is the person that takes reservations and shows you to your table. 那个人会(帮你)预订座位并带你来到你的桌边。