- Someone's mate is their spouse, partner, boyfriend, or girlfriend. Your grandmother's long-term sweetheart is her mate. Awwww.
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- n. 朋友，伙伴；配偶
- v. 交配
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1. They've been best mates since school.
他们从上学时期以来就是最要好的朋友。
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2. Sorry mate, you'll have to wait.
对不起，伙计，你得等着。
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3. All right, mate?
行吗，哥儿们？
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4. A donkey mate with a mare.
驴和母马交配。
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5. workmates，teammates，playmates，classmates
工友；队友；游戏伙伴；同学
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6. my room-mate，my flatmate
我的室友；和我同住一套公寓的人
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7. A male bird sings to attract a mate.
雄鸟鸣唱以吸引雌鸟。
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8. plumber's mate
水管工的助手
- mate (n.1) "associate, fellow, comrade," mid-14c., also "companion" (late 14c.), from Middle Low German mate, gemate "one eating at the same table, messmate," from Proto-Germanic *ga-maton "having food (*matiz) together (*ga-)," which is etymologically identical with companion. Cognate with Danish and Swedish mat, German Maat "mate," Dutch maat, from German. Meaning "one of a wedded pair" is attested from 1540s. Used as a form of address by sailors, laborers, etc., at least since mid-15c. Meaning "officer on a merchant vessel is from late 15c.
- mate (n.2) in chess, "a condition of checkmate," c. 1300, mat, from Middle French mat, from Old French mater (see mate (v.2)).
- mate (v.1) c. 1500, "to equal, rival," 1590s as "to match, couple, marry, join in marriage," from mate (n.1). Also, of animals, "to pair for the purpose of breeding." Related: Mated; mating.
- mate (v.2) "checkmate," c. 1300, from Old French mater "to checkmate, defeat, overcome," from mat "checkmated" (see checkmate (v.)).
mate ★ / meɪt ; NAmE meɪt / noun , verb mate mates mated mating noun ★ friend 朋友 1 ★ [countable ] ( BrE, AustralE) ( informal) a friend 朋友；伙伴 ◆ 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。 friendly name 友好的称呼 2 ★ [countable ] ( BrE, AustralE) ( informal) used as a friendly way of addressing sb, especially between men （男人之间常用）哥儿们，伙计，老兄 ◆ Sorry mate, you'll have to wait. 对不起，伙计，你得等着。 ◆ All right, mate? 行吗，哥儿们？ sb you share with 伙伴 3 ★ [countable ] ( in compounds 构成复合词 ) a person you share an activity or accommodation with 同伴；同事；一同居住的人 ◆ 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 ☞see also running mate , soulmate bird/animal 鸟；动物 4 ★ [countable ] either of a pair of birds or animals 偶；伴侣 ◆ A male bird sings to attract a mate. 雄鸟鸣唱以吸引雌鸟。 sexual partner 性伴侣 5 [countable ] ( informal) a husband, wife or other sexual partner 配偶；性伴侣 job 职业 6 [countable ] ( BrE) a person whose job is to help a skilled worker （熟练工人的）助手，下手 ◆ a builder's/plumber's mate 建筑工的╱管子工的助手 on ship 船舶 7 [countable ] an officer in a commercial ship below the rank of captain or master （商船的）大副 ☞see also first mate in chess 国际象棋 8 [uncountable ] = checkmate verb ★ animals/birds 动物；鸟 1 ★ [intransitive ] mate(with sth) (of two animals or birds 一对动物或鸟 ) to have sex in order to produce young 交配；交尾 ◆ Do foxes ever mate with dogs? 狐狸会和狗交配吗？ ☞see also mating 2 [transitive ] matesth (to/with sth) to put animals or birds together so that they will have sex and produce young 使交配 in chess 国际象棋 3 [transitive ] = checkmate (1 ) mate / meɪt ; NAmE meɪt /
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