helpmeet
n. 良伴, 配偶
发音
/ˈhɛlpmiːt/
词形变化
helpmeets
复数
helpmeets
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A helpful partner, particularly a spouse.
[on vocabulary errors] … and helpmates for meet-helps—the difference of the meaning of the two words is so obvious, that it is surprising it should have escaped attention.—A person may be a helpmate and at the same time be very far from being a help-meet, which is here intended.
词汇关系
同义词 1
上位词 4
词源
Univerbation of part of a phrase in Genesis 2:18 in the King James Version: “an helpe meet” for Adam (i.e. a helper suitable for him) (help + meet).
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