mate

B2 CET-4 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #1153 ★★★☆☆

n. 配偶, 对手, 助手, (象棋)将死 vt. 使配对, 使一致, 结伴, (象棋)将死 vi. 成配偶, 紧密配合

发音

/meɪt/
UK /meɪt/
US /meɪt/
UK /mɛjt/
其它 /mɛjt/
CA /meːt/
SCOT /meːt/
AU /mæɪt/

词形变化

mates 复数 mates 三单 mating 现在分词 mated 过去式 mated 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.

  2. 2.

    A breeding partner.

  3. 3.

    A friend, usually of the same sex.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰 南非 非正式

    I'm going to the pub with a few mates.

    He's my best mate.

  4. 4.

    Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰 南非 非正式

    Excuse me, mate, have you got the time?

  5. 5.

    In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).

    航海 交通
  6. 6.

    A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.

    航海 交通
  7. 7.

    A first mate.

    朋友

    伙计

    老兄

    死党

    老友

    老死

    航海 交通
  8. 8.

    A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.

  9. 9.

    The other member of a matched pair of objects.

    I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.

  10. 10.

    A suitable companion; a match; an equal.

  11. 1.

    Clipping of checkmate.

    游戏
  12. 1.

    Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).

  13. 2.

    The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea

v. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To match, fit together without space between.

    不及物

    The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.

  2. 2.

    To copulate.

    交尾

    交配

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To pair in order to raise offspring.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To arrange in matched pairs.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To copulate with.

    及物
  7. 7.

    To marry; to match (a person).

    及物
  8. 8.

    To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.

    废旧 及物
  9. 9.

    To fit (objects) together without space between.

    及物
  10. 10.

    To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.

    不及物
  11. 11.

    To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.

    及物 航空 商务 工程
  12. 1.

    Clipping of checkmate.

    游戏
  13. 1.

    To confuse; to confound.

    废旧

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mett, mette (“table companion, mate, partner”), from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), from Old Saxon gimato, derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Low German Maat (“journeyman, companion”), German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”). More at Old English ġe-, English co-, English meat. Doublet of maat. Compare typologically Latin compāniō (whence companion) (< con- + panis + -ō), Russian однока́шник (odnokášnik) (< одно- (odno-) + ка́ша (káša) + -ник (-nik)).

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