mate
英 [meɪt]
美 [meɪt]
n. 朋友; 伙伴; (男人之间常用)哥儿们,伙计,老兄; 同伴; 同事; 一同居住的人
v. 交配; 交尾; 使交配
复数:mates 过去分词:mated 现在分词:mating 过去式:mated 第三人称单数:mates
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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3060 / COCA.4061
牛津词典
noun
- 朋友 friend
- 朋友;伙伴
a friend- They've been best mates since school.
他们从上学时期以来就是最要好的朋友。 - I was with a mate.
我和一个朋友在一起。
友好的称呼 friendly name - They've been best mates since school.
- (男人之间常用)哥儿们,伙计,老兄
used as a friendly way of addressing sb, especially between men- Sorry mate, you'll have to wait.
对不起,伙计,你得等着。 - All right, mate?
行吗,哥儿们?
伙伴 sb you share with - Sorry mate, you'll have to wait.
- 同伴;同事;一同居住的人
a person you share an activity or accommodation with- workmates/teammates/playmates/classmates
工友;队友;游戏伙伴;同学 - my room-mate/flatmate
我的室友;和我同住一套公寓的人
鸟;动物 bird/animal - workmates/teammates/playmates/classmates
- 偶;伴侣
either of a pair of birds or animals- A male bird sings to attract a mate.
雄鸟鸣唱以吸引雌鸟。
性伴侣 sexual partner - A male bird sings to attract a mate.
- 配偶;性伴侣
a husband, wife or other sexual partner 职业 job - (熟练工人的)助手,下手
a person whose job is to help a skilled worker- a builder's/plumber's mate
建筑工的 / 管子工的助手
船舶 on ship - a builder's/plumber's mate
- (商船的)大副
an officer in a commercial ship below the rank of captain or master 国际象棋 in chess国际象棋 in chess
verb
- 动物;鸟 animals/birds
- 交配;交尾
to have sex in order to produce young- Do foxes ever mate with dogs?
狐狸会和狗交配吗?
- Do foxes ever mate with dogs?
- 使交配
to put animals or birds together so that they will have sex and produce young 国际象棋 in chess国际象棋 in chess
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 伙伴,朋友(尤指男性之间)
You can refer to someone's friends as theirmates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends.- 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。
- He's off drinking with his mates...
- N-VOC (用于男性之间的称呼)老兄,老弟
Some men usemateas a way of addressing other men when they are talking to them.- Come on mate, things aren't that bad.
别灰心,兄弟,事情没那么糟。
- Come on mate, things aren't that bad.
- N-COUNT 配偶;性伙伴
Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as theirmate.- 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
- He has found his ideal mate.
- N-COUNT (动物的)配偶,交配对象
An animal'smateis its sexual partner.- The males guard their mates zealously.
雄性动物死死地守护着他们的配偶。
- The males guard their mates zealously.
- V-RECIP 交配;交尾
When animalsmate, a male and a female have sex in order to produce young.- 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
- This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen staying in the nest-box...
- N-COUNT (商船上的)大副;(亦指)船员
On a commercial ship,the mateorthe first mateis the most important officer except for the captain. Officers of lower rank are also calledmates.- ...the mate of a fishing trawler.
拖网渔船上的大副
- ...the mate of a fishing trawler.
- (美国海军的)军士
In the United States Navy, amateis a petty officer who has a particular set of skills and who assists a warrant officer. - (象棋中) 同 checkmate
In chess,mateis the same ascheckmate. - See also:cellmateclassmateflatmateplaymateroommaterunning mateschoolmateshipmatesoul mate
英英释义
noun
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- an exact duplicate
- when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- he loved the mare and all her mates
- camels hate leaving their mates
- a person's partner in marriage
- a fellow member of a team
- it was his first start against his former teammates
- South American holly
- one of a pair
- he lost the mate to his shoe
- one eye was blue but its fellow was brown
verb
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- This fact is coupled to the other one
- Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
- The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
- engage in sexual intercourse
- Birds mate in the Spring
双语例句
- The males guard their mates zealously.
雄性动物死死地守护着他们的配偶。 - Hi, if you are busy with your mate, I got to leave.
嗨,你有伴了,我不陪你了。 - 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。 - If you find your soul mate, you should cherish him ( her).
如果你找到了和你心心相印的人,你应该珍惜他(她)。 - They don't mate with each other.
它们彼此不交配。 - He worked as a bricklayer's mate
他给瓦工打下手。 - My mate dived headfirst through a window and I ran down the hallway.
我的同伴从窗口一头扎了下去,而我则沿着走廊跑。 - I was given this guitar by a mate of mine.
我的一个朋友给了我这把吉他。 - Last Saturday, I was out on the town with my mate
上个星期六我和老友晚上去闹市玩乐了。