Mate

[meɪt] or [met]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

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解釋/意思:

(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

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Associate, companion, fellow, compeer.

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同義詞及反義詞：

[See MATCH]

手打:斯坦

解釋/意思:

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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