mate是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an animal's sexual partner -- （动物的）配偶

  • Peacocks use their beautiful tails to attract mates. 孔雀用美丽的尾巴来吸引配偶。

• 1 a friend -- 朋友，伙伴

  • We've been mates since our school days. 我们从学生时代起就是朋友。

  • I usually go out with some of my mates from the office on Saturdays.

  • She's my best mate. 她是我最好的朋友。

  • Have you got the time, mate? 老兄，你知道几点了吗？

• 2 a person who is employed to help a skilled worker -- 助手，帮手

  • a carpenter's/plumber's mate 木工／管道工的助手

• 3 a type of officer on a trading ship rather than a military ship -- （商船上的）大副

  • He had worked as a ship's mate for ten years. 他当了10年的大副。

• 4 to have sex and produce young, or to make animals do this -- （使）交配

  • Tigers mate repeatedly over a period of several days. 老虎在几天里多次交配。

  • Mating a horse with a donkey produces a mule. 马和驴交配后生出骡子。

• 5 used to show that two people share a space or are involved in the same activity -- …同伴

  • flat mate 合住一套公寓的室友

  • team-mate 队友

  • workmate 同事