Mate
[meɪt] or [met]
解释:
(noun.) South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate.
(noun.) the officer below the master on a commercial ship.
(noun.) informal term for a friend of the same sex.
(noun.) the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); 'he loved the mare and all her mates'; 'camels hate leaving their mates'.
(noun.) South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea.
(noun.) one of a pair; 'he lost the mate to his shoe'; 'one eye was blue but its fellow was brown'.
赫克托整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.
(n.) Same as Checkmate.
(a.) See 2d Mat.
(v. t.) To confuse; to confound.
(v. t.) To checkmate.
(n.) One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
(n.) Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
(n.) A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
(n.) An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.
(v. t.) To match; to marry.
(v. t.) To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
(v. i.) To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one.
手打:梅格
同义词及近义词:
n. Associate, companion, fellow, compeer.
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同义词及反义词:
[See MATCH]
手打:斯坦
解释:
n. a companion: an equal: one of a pair the male or female of animals that go in pairs: in a merchant-ship the first-mate is the second in command—in the navy the term is now confined to petty-officers such as boatswain's mate gunner's mate &c.: an assistant deputy.—v.t. to be equal to: to become a companion to: to marry.—adj. Mate′less without a mate or companion.
n. and v.t. in chess=Checkmate.
v.t. (Bacon) to weaken to confound to crush.
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例句:
- As he saw his mate go down he crouched, and, with a low snarl, sprang upon the captain crushing him to his knees with a single mighty blow. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- There is in that train one who will make me a better mate. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- On board serving as third mate was George Radfoot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- But then the first mate lunged forward upon his face, and at a cry of command from Black Michael the mutineers charged the remaining four. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Again I tell you it is not the insignificant private individual--the mere man, with the man's selfish senses--I wish to mate: it is the missionary. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- He relates, that a New-England sloop, trading there in 1752, left their second mate, William Murray, sick on shore, and sailed without him. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- He worshipped her as age worships youth, he gloried in her, because, in his one grain of faith, he was young as she, he was her proper mate. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Hasn't ye 'eard that devil's spawn of a capting an' is mates knockin' the bloomin' lights outen 'arf the crew? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The diamond is the hardest known substance in the world, cutting and grinding all other known hard things, but itself only cut and ground by its mates. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Amid brilliant tropical plants brilliant plumage may afford means of concealment, as well as being a factor in the securing of mates. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- The fellow whom I had struck lay where he had fallen, nor did any of his mates approach him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- He and the two mates, are as I learn, the only native-born Americans in the ship. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- I was impatient to get on my uniform and see how it looked, and probably wanted my old school-mates, particularly the girls, to see me in it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- When the fighting was over there was no one left of our enemies except just the warders, the mates, and the doctor. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- In consequence of this hint, Lily found herself the centre of that feminine solicitude which envelops a young woman in the mating season. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Their mating is a matter of community interest solely, and is directed without reference to natural selection. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- And here, Glaucon, I should like to ask (as I know that you are a breeder of birds and animals), Do you not take the greatest care in the mating? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- He says he wants the demon part of himself to be mated--physically--not the human being. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The mated pairs were prattling away quite happily, and Dobbin knew he was as clean forgotten as if he had never existed in this world. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I was not made so enduring to be mated with a lamb; I should find more congenial responsibility in the charge of a young lioness or leopardess. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- As friends you are very happy, and your frequent quarrels soon blow over, but I fear you would both rebel if you were mated for life. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
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