英语单词 | mate |
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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 | 1 [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]
2 [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]
3 [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]
4 [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]
5 [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 [V (non-recip)] [V-ing]
6 [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 .
7 [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. 8 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](象棋中) 同 checkmate In chess, mate is the same as checkmate . 9 See also:cellmate ;classmate ;flatmate ;playmate ;roommate ;running mate ;schoolmate ;shipmate ;soul mate ; |
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