单词 | mate |
释义 | mate¹ 1.<英,澳,新西兰,非正式>(friend)朋友;伙伴;(尤指)兄弟, 哥们 He's off drinking with his mates.他去和朋友喝酒了。 On Friday night I go out with my mates.周五晚上我和朋友们一起出去。 A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.我的一个朋友曾效力于利物浦足球队。 2.<英,澳,新西兰,非正式>(form of address; to friend)老兄;伙计;哥们 All right, mate? How's Mick?还好吧, 老兄?米克怎么样? Come on mate, things aren't that bad.别这样, 老兄, 事情没有那么糟糕。 No worries, mate!别担心, 哥们! 3.(marriage partner)配偶;丈夫;妻子 He has found his ideal mate.他已经找到自己理想的伴侣。 The website is for singles who are looking for a mate.这个网站专门针对寻找伴侣的单身人士。 Women become as powerful in the marketplace as their mates.在商界女性变得和她们的另一半一样强大。 4.+of animal配偶;交配对象 Camels hate leaving their mates.骆驼不愿离开自己的配偶。 The males guard their mates zealously.雄性动物死死地守护着它们的配偶。 5.=first mate 6.【海】(any officer below master)(商船上的)大副 the mate of a fishing trawler拖网渔船上的大副 7.【军】(in US;warrant officer's assistant)(美国海军)军士衔下级军官 8.=checkmate¹, 1 9.(one of pair of matching items)配对物;一对中的一个 I had found one shoe; now I just needed to find its mate.我已经找到了一只鞋子, 现在我只要再找到另一只就行了。 10.(in some trades;assistant)(某些行业中的)助手, 副手 He got a job as a plumber's mate.他找了一份给管道工打下手的工作。 11.<废>(suitable associate)合适的同伴 mates for kings国王的同伴 mate²🄰 vi. 1.animals +交配;交尾 The majority of amphibians mate in water.大部分两栖动物在水里交配。 They want the males to mate with wild females.他们想让雄性动物与野生雌性动物交配。 It is easy to tell when a female is ready to mate.很容易辨别雌性动物何时准备交配。 2.(marry)结婚;结为伉俪 🄱 vt. 1.+ animals使交配 Kelpie was unable to conceive when we tried mating her with another dog in Norwich.我们用诺里奇的另一条狗给开尔比犬配种, 结果它没能受孕。 2.(join in marriage)使结为夫妻;使成配偶 She was mated with this man.她与这名男子成为了夫妻。 3.(join as pair)使配对;使成双 Carroll Shelby had the original idea of mating Ford mechanics to an AC Ace to create the Cobra.卡罗尔•谢尔比最初想到在AC公司的Ace跑车上采用福特的机械部件, 从而组装出了眼镜蛇汽车。 4.=checkmate², 1 |
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