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companion1/kəmˈpænjən/ n. & v.●n. 1a (often foll. by 常后跟 in, of) a person who accompanies, associates with, or shares with, another 同伴，伴侣 a companion in adversity 逆境朋友; they were close companions 他们是亲密的伙伴 b a person, esp. an unmarried or widowed woman, employed to live with and assist another (尤指未婚或单身女子受雇作)职业伴侣 2 a handbook or reference book on a particular subject 手册，指南 A Companion to North Wales 《北威尔士旅行指南》 3 a thing that matches another 成对(副、双)的东西之一 the companion of this bookend is over there 该书挡的另一半在那边 4 (作 Companion) a member of the lowest grade of some orders of knighthood 最低级的爵士 Companion of the Bath 最低级巴思爵士(即第三等男爵) 5 Astron. a star etc. that accompanies another 【天】伴星 6 Brit. equipment or a piece of equipment that combines several uses [英]多功能设备 ●v. 1 tr. accompany 陪伴，与…为伴 2 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 with) literary be a companion [文学用语]结伴，交往 [Middle English from Old French compaignon, ultimately from Latin, = ‘one who breaks bread with another’ (as COM- + panis ‘bread’)] |