informal <非正式>
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- a friend朋友, 伙伴。
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- used as a form of address, especially to indicate anger or aggression［用作呼语, 尤表示说话者生气或咄咄逼人的态度］嗨, 你：
back off, pal.
往后靠, 说你呢。
(palled, palling)no obj.(pal up)
1- form a friendship成为伙伴（或朋友）：
she palled up with a lot of English chaps.
她结交了不少英国哥们。
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pal around
spend time with a friend结伴一起玩：we got acquainted but we never really palled around.
我们相识了但从未真正在一起过。
词源
late 17th cent.: from Romany， 'brother， mate'， based on Sanskrit bhrāt? 'brother'.