mate

英 [meɪt] 美 [meɪt]

• n. 配偶；伙伴；同事
• vt. 使 ... 配对；使 ... 一致
• vi. 交配

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]伙伴,同事

   a friend or person one works with

2. [C]配偶,伴侣

   one of a male-female pair, usually of animals

3. [C](商船上的)大副

   (not in the navy) a ship's officer next in rank below the captain

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 交配

   (of birds or animals) to unite for the purpose of having sexual intercourse, producing young

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 配偶
2. 老兄
3. 配对物
4. 助手
5. 老弟
6. 同事
7. 伙伴
8. 动物的配偶
9. 军士
10. 动物之偶
11. 一只
12. 【海】大副
13. 驾驶员
14. 【海军】二级准尉的助手
15. 【医】助手
16. 同伴
17. 哥儿们
18. 伙计

v. 动词

1. 使配对
2. 交配
3. 使成配偶
4. 使交配
5. 成配偶
6. 匹配
7. 【象棋】逼将
8. 将军
9. 将死
10. 成伙伴
11. 紧密配合
12. 啮合
13. 一对动物或鸟
14. 使一致
15. 结伴
16. 成为配偶
17. 一对动物或鸟 交配
18. 交尾
19. 使成双
20. 使 … 配对
21. 使 … 一致
22. 配偶

英英释义

Noun:

1. the officer below the master on a commercial ship

2. a fellow member of a team;

   "it was his first start against his former teammates"
   

3. the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner);

   "he loved the mare and all her mates"
   "camels hate leaving their mates"
   

4. a person's partner in marriage

5. an exact duplicate;

   "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
   

6. one of a pair;

   "he lost the mate to his shoe"
   "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
   

7. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

8. informal term for a friend of the same sex

9. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

10. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

Verb:

1. engage in sexual intercourse;

   "Birds mate in the Spring"
   

2. 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"
   

3. 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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I thought she was an ideal mate.
   我认为她是我的理想配偶。
2. The eagle mourned for his dead mate.
   那只鹰为它死去的配偶伤心。
3. He is my soul mate.
   他和我性情相投。
4. Who is your best mate at Liverpool?
   谁是你在利物浦最好的伙伴?
5. I'd come with my office mate.
   我和同事一起来。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. It's high time to mate the doves.
   现在正是鸽子配对的好时候。
2. He mated words with deeds.
   他言行一致。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Many animals mate in the spring.
   许多动物在春天交配。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Her mates are waiting for her by the gate.
   她的同事在门口等她。
2. He is a mate of mine.
   他是我的一个伙伴。
3. The male hunts for food while his mate guards the nest.
   雌性动物守护巢穴时,雄性动物猎食。
4. She has been a faithful mate to him.
   她一直是他忠实的配偶。
5. The mate is one rank below the captain.
   大副是低于船长的一个头衔。
6. “What time is it, mate?”
   “老兄,几点了?”

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Birds mate in the spring.
   鸟在春天交配。
2. The zoo camels have not mated this year.
   动物园里的骆驼今年还没有交配。
3. It is often difficult to get animals to mate in captivity.
   常常很难使被关的动物交配。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I don't want to mate such a person.
   我并不想与这样的人为友。
2. They mate the Zoo's pandas.
   他们使动物园的熊猫交配繁殖。

经典引文

• She expected to see two of his mates but no, the men were strangers.

  出自： P. Barker

• I was with my mate, John's brother.ssplaymatess, ssrunning matess, ssschoolmatess, etc.

  出自：New Society

• It was like trying to make a move at chess when you were already mated.

  出自： G. Orwell

• In speed His galley mates the flying steed.

  出自： Sir W. Scott

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

mate with (v.+prep.)

(使); 与…交配 (especially of animals) to (cause to) be joined in sexual union
mate with sb/sth
They don't mate with each other.

它们彼此不交配。
Dogs do not mate with cats.

狗和猫不交配。
The queen bee is likely to mate with two or three drones.

后蜂可能会与两三只雄蜂交配。 mate sth with sth
They mated a horse with a donkey.

他们使一匹马和一头驴交配。
Farmers keep trying to produce better cattle by mating their strongest bulls with their healthiest cows.

农民们一直在想让最壮的公牛和最健康的母牛交配以生产更好的牛。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• abandon〔choose〕 one's mate 抛弃〔选择〕配偶
• look for a mate 找对象

形容词+～

• faithful〔lifelong〕 mate 忠实〔终身〕的伴侣
• running mate 同组的马,〈美〉竞选伙伴,亲密的伙伴
• the first〔second, third〕 mate 大〔二,三〕副
• the fit mates 适合的配偶

～+介词

• the mate of〔to〕 sth 与某物相配对的东西

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• mate a donkey 使驴交配

～+副词

• mate well 啮合紧密

～+介词

• mate with 与…交配

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. mate用作名词,作“配偶,伴侣”解时,主要指动物,偶尔也可指人。
2. mate在英国、澳大利亚以及非正式用语中,还可用作工人之间的一种称呼,即“老兄,老弟,伙计”。

v. (动词)

1. mate用作名词的意思是“伙伴”,转化为动词意思是“结伙伴; 成配偶”,用于动物时,常作“交尾”“交配”解。
2. mate可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
3. mate常与介词with连用。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的mate，意为同伴。

近反义词

【近义词】

• associate
• fellow
• partner