mate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 [meɪt]|[mɛjt]    美 [meɪt]|[mæɪt]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
    — A "mate" was a "mate" - share and share alike, no matter how bad might be the times, or how long a spell of ill luck had attended them.
  2. Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis). alt-of,alternative
  3. Clipping of checkmate. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
  4. A breeding partner. especially
    — Such overt displays of avowed sexual prowess – or at least, desperate availability – are not limited to the countryside. Even in the city, birds and animals and stockbrokers and nurses find ways of signalling their suitability as a mate.
  5. The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
  6. A friend, usually of the same sex. Australia,Ireland,New-Zealand,South-Africa,UK
    — I'm going to the pub with a few mates.
  7. Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age. Australia,Ireland,New-Zealand,South-Africa,UK
    — Excuse me, mate, have you got the time?
  8. In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
  9. A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
  10. A first mate.
  11. A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
  12. The other member of a matched pair of objects.
    — I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.
  13. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
    — Ye knew me once no mate / For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.
动词 v.
  1. To match, fit together without space between. intransitive
    — The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.
  2. Clipping of checkmate. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
  3. To confuse; to confound. obsolete
    — I think you are all mated, or stark mad.
  4. To copulate. intransitive
    — “In fact, the apes live with us, and have for many ages. We call them the first men—we speak their language quite as much as we do our own; only in the rituals of the temple do we make any attempt to retain our mother tongue. In time it will be forgotten, and we will speak only the language of the apes; in time we will no longer banish those of our people who mate with apes, and so in time we shall descend to the very beasts from which ages ago our progenitors may have sprung.”
  5. To pair in order to raise offspring. intransitive
  6. To arrange in matched pairs. transitive
  7. To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding. transitive
  8. To copulate with. transitive
  9. To marry; to match (a person). transitive
    — If she be mated with an equal husband.
  10. To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with. obsolete,transitive
    — There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.
  11. To fit (objects) together without space between. transitive
  12. To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc. intransitive
    — Indeed, some cases of devotion that were met with were quite touching; and very often to all appearances the pairs were not always mated from the same class of society.
  13. To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it. transitive

词形变化

mates plural mates present,singular,third-person mating participle,present mated participle,past mated past mates plural mates present,singular,third-person mating participle,present mated participle,past mated past mates present,singular,third-person mating participle,present mated participle,past mated past mates plural

词汇关系

下位词
aerographer's mate bandmate batchmate battery mate bedmate birthmate blockmate boat mate boatswain's mate bookmate boothmate brinkmate bunkermate bunkmate cagemate campmate carmate cavemate cellmate chairmate chambermate chatmate checkmate chief mate choirmate churchmate clan mate classmate Claymate clonemate clutchmate copemate copesmate coursemate cradlemate crashmate crèchemate crewmate cribmate cubemate deskmate draftmate dreammate first mate flatmate fleetmate floormate fuckmate gangmate gaolmate guildmate hallmate housemate jailmate jobmate kennelmate labmate library mate linemate littermate loftmate Lolli's mate lovemate lunchmate messmate mismate nestmate office mate old mate pewmate platoonmate playmate premate prisonmate raftmate reflexmate roommate roostmate ropemate rowmate running mate schoolmate seatmate selfmate sharemate sheltermate shiftmate shipmate sitemate skainsmate soulmate squadmate squadronmate stablemate stalemate steersmate studiomate suitemate taskmate teammate tentmate threatmate tombmate tourmate townmate trencher mate tribemate tripmate wardmate warmate watchmate wingmate wombmate workmate yokemate
衍生词
amate Billy no mates breakfast-mate checkmate farm-mate inmate intermate Johnny no mates mateable matehood mateless mateship matess matey Nigel no mates nonmate Norman no mates outmate plane-mate remate train-mate undermate unmate mating

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mett, mette (“table companion, mate, partner”), from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), from Old Saxon gimato, derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Low German Maat (“journeyman, companion”), German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”). More at Old English ġe-, English co-, English meat. Doublet of maat.
Compare typologically Latin compāniō (whence companion) (< con- + panis + -ō), Russian однока́шник (odnokášnik) (< одно- (odno-) + ка́ша (káša) + -ник (-nik)).
词源 2
From Middle English verb maten, from Middle French mater, from Old French noun mat (“checkmate”), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).
词源 3
From Middle English maten (“to overpower”), from Old French mater (“to kill”), from Vulgar Latin *mattō, of unclear origin.
词源 4
See maté.
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