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单词 mate
释义
mate
mt meɪt
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense mates, present participle mating, past tense , past participle mated
1 N-COUNT [usually with poss] 伙伴,朋友(尤指男性之间) You can refer to someone's friends as their mates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends. 伙伴,朋友(尤指男性之间) [British, informal]
  • He's off drinking with his mates.

    他跟哥儿们出去喝酒了。

  • A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.

    我的一个朋友在利物浦队踢过球。

SYN friend, pal [informal] , companion, buddy [informal]
2 N-VOC (用于男性之间的称呼)老兄,老弟 Some men use mate as a way of addressing other men when they are talking to them. (用于男性之间的称呼)老兄,老弟 [British, informal]
  • Come on mate, things aren't that bad.

    别灰心,兄弟,事情没那么糟。

3 N-COUNT [usually singular, oft poss NOUN] 配偶;性伙伴 Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as their mate . 配偶;性伙伴
  • He has found his ideal mate.

    他找到了理想的伴侣。

  • ...as women do become as powerful in the marketplace as their mates.

    随着女人在商界的确变得和男人一样强大

SYN partner, lover, companion, spouse
4 N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN] (动物的)配偶,交配对象 An animal's mate is its sexual partner. (动物的)配偶,交配对象
  • The males guard their mates zealously.

    雄性动物死死地守护着他们的配偶。

5 V-RECIP 交配;交尾 When animals mate, a male and a female have sex in order to produce young. 交配;交尾
  • This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen staying in the nest-box. [VERB]

    这样可以使这对公鸡和母鸡正常交配,让母鸡不再呆在鸡窝里。

  • They want the males to mate with wild females. [VERB + with]

    他们希望这些雄性动物可以和野生的雌性动物交配。

  • It is easy to tell when a female is ready to mate. [VERB]

    雌性动物何时准备交配一目了然。

  • ...the mating season. [VERB-ing]

    交配季节

SYN pair, couple, breed, copulate
6 N-COUNT (商船上的)大副;(亦指)船员 On a commercial ship, the mate or the first mate is the most important officer except for the captain. Officers of lower rank are also called mates . (商船上的)大副;(亦指)船员
  • ...the mate of a fishing trawler.

    拖网渔船上的大副

7 N-COUNT (美国海军的)军士 In the United States Navy, a mate is a petty officer who has a particular set of skills and who assists a warrant officer. (美国海军的)军士
8 N-UNCOUNT (象棋中) checkmate In chess, mate is the same as checkmate . (象棋中) checkmate
9 See also: cellmate  classmate  flatmate  playmate  roommate  running mate  schoolmate  shipmate  soul mate 
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