mates

英 [meɪts]

美 [meɪts]

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
mate的第三人称单数和复数

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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.
  1. He's off drinking with his mates...
     他跟哥儿们出去喝酒了。
  2. A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
     我的一个朋友在利物浦队踢过球。
• 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.
  1. Come on mate, things aren't that bad.
     别灰心，兄弟，事情没那么糟。
• N-COUNT 配偶;性伙伴
  Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as theirmate.
  1. He has found his ideal mate.
     他找到了理想的伴侣。
  2. ...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
• N-COUNT (动物的)配偶，交配对象
  An animal'smateis its sexual partner.
  1. The males guard their mates zealously.
     雄性动物死死地守护着他们的配偶。
• V-RECIP 交配;交尾
  When animalsmate, a male and a female have sex in order to produce young.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. ...the mating season.
     交配季节
• 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.
  1. ...the mate of a fishing trawler.
     拖网渔船上的大副
• (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 pair of people who live together
  1. a married couple from Chicago
  Synonym:couplematch

双语例句

• I don't want it to be said I grassed on my mates.
  我不希望别人说我告发了同伙。
• Her mates are waiting for her by the gate.
  她的同事在门口等她。
• Steve and I became soul mates, near-constant companions.
  我和史蒂夫成了知己，几乎时刻相伴。
• Evolutionary psychologists and biologists have long been interested in factors that lead to people's choice of mates.
  研究进化的心理学家和生物学家很早就对人们选择爱侣的因素发生了兴趣。
• Yep, me and god, we'd be mates.
  对，我和上帝，我们会是好兄弟。
• He's out boozing with his mates.
  他和他的朋友们喝酒去了。
• I was at home with one of my mates watching it.
  我就是在家和朋友看的电视。
• If you're a busy person, looking to meet several potential mates at the same event, speed dating could be for you.
  如果你是个忙人，想在同一场合和几位可能成为自己伴侣的人见面，那么快速交友可能就适合你。
• I will accept his proposal to go mates with him.
  我将接受他的建议与他合伙。
• Tell your group mates a thing you have been doing for a long time.
  告诉你组内的同学一件你做了很长时间的事。