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Mate N Count 可数名词 Animals Someone's   [Usu Ideal Pair

英语单词 mate
英美音标 英 [meɪt] 美 [meɪt]
中文释义 n.配偶;伙伴;同事
vt.使 ... 配对;使 ... 一致
vi.交配
英语例句 (1) I thought she was an ideal mate.
(2) The eagle mourned for his dead mate.
(3) He is my soul mate.
(4) Who is your best mate at Liverpool?
(5) I'd come with my office mate.
(6) He mated words with deeds.
(7) Many animals mate in the spring.
中文例句 (1) 我认为她是我的理想配偶。
(2) 那只鹰为它死去的配偶伤心。
(3) 他和我性情相投。
(4) 谁是你在利物浦最好的伙伴?
(5) 我和同事一起来。
(6) 他言行一致。
(7) 许多动物在春天交配。
vocabulary简明 Someone's mate is their spouse, partner, boyfriend, or girlfriend. Your grandmother's long-term sweetheart is her mate. Awwww.
vocabulary扩展 A husband or wife is one kind of mate, and animals have mates too, chosen for reproduction and sometimes to assist in raising babies. Anything that comes in a pair — like socks, contacts, shoes, or earrings — also has a mate. Your pal or buddy can be called a mate as well. As a verb, to mate means "to breed" or "to reproduce." In Middle Low German, mate means "one eating at the same table."
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]伙伴,朋友(尤指男性之间) You can refer to someone's friends as their mates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends.
  [usu with poss]
  [BRIT 英]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • He's off drinking with his mates...

    他跟哥儿们出去喝酒了。

  • A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.

    我的一个朋友在利物浦队踢过球。

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[N-VOC 称呼名词](用于男性之间的称呼)老兄,老弟 Some men use mate as a way of addressing other men when they are talking to them.
  [BRIT 英]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • Come on mate, things aren't that bad.

    别灰心,兄弟,事情没那么糟。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]配偶;性伙伴 Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as their mate .
  [usu sing]
  • He has found his ideal mate.

    他找到了理想的伴侣。

  • ...as women do become as powerful in the marketplace as their mates.

    随着女人在商界的确变得和男人一样强大

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](动物的)配偶,交配对象 An animal's mate is its sexual partner.
  [usu poss N]
  • The males guard their mates zealously.

    雄性动物死死地守护着他们的配偶。

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[V-RECIP 相互动词]交配;交尾 When animals mate, a male and a female have sex in order to produce young.
  [pl-n V]
  [V with n]
  [V (non-recip)]
  [V-ing]
  • This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen staying in the nest-box...

    这样可以使这对公鸡和母鸡正常交配,让母鸡不再呆在鸡窝里。

  • They want the males to mate with wild females...

    他们希望这些雄性动物可以和野生的雌性动物交配。

  • It is easy to tell when a female is ready to mate.

    雌性动物何时准备交配一目了然。

  • ...the mating season.

    交配季节

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](商船上的)大副;(亦指)船员 On a commercial ship, the mate or the first mate is the most important officer except for the captain. Officers of lower rank are also called mates .
  • ...the mate of a fishing trawler.

    拖网渔船上的大副

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](美国海军的)军士 In the United States Navy, a mate is a petty officer who has a particular set of skills and who assists a warrant officer.
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    [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](象棋中) 同 checkmate In chess, mate is the same as checkmate .
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      See also:
      cellmate
      classmate
      flatmate
      playmate
      roommate
      running mate
      schoolmate
      shipmate
      soul mate

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