mate
n. (工人间的)伙伴,同事,老兄,老弟〔工人,水手间的亲密称呼〕; 配偶〔男女任何一方〕,动物之偶(尤指鸟类),(一对中的)一只,配对物; [医学](军医等的)助手; [航海](商船的)大副,驾驶员
vt.& vi. (使)成为配偶; (使)交配; (一对动物或鸟)交配; 交尾(~ with sth)
You can refer to someone's friends as their mates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends.
He's off drinking with his mates...
他跟哥儿们出去喝酒了。
A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
我的一个朋友在利物浦队踢过球。
Some men use mate as a way of addressing other men when they are talking to them.
Come on mate, things aren't that bad.
别灰心,兄弟,事情没那么糟。
Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as their mate .
He has found his ideal mate.
他找到了理想的伴侣。
...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
An animal's mate is its sexual partner.
The males guard their mates zealously.
雄性动物死死地守护着他们的配偶。
When animals mate, a male and a female have sex in order to produce young.
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。
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。
On a commercial ship, the mate or the first mate is the most important officer except for the captain. Officers of lower rank are also called mates .
...the mate of a fishing trawler.
拖网渔船上的大副
In the United States Navy, a mate is a petty officer who has a particular set of skills and who assists a warrant officer.
In chess, mate is the same as checkmate .
1. the officer below the master on a commercial ship
2. a fellow member of a team;
3. the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner);
4. a person's partner in marriage
5. an exact duplicate;
6. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
7. informal term for a friend of the same sex
8. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
9. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
1. make love;
2. bring two objects, ideas, or people together;
3. place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game;
friend, mate, acquaintance, pal
这些名词都有"朋友"之意。
fool's mate
走第二步棋时白方就被黑方将死的败局
scholar's mate
走第四步棋时白方用后和王象把黑方将死的棋局
Where is the mate to this glove?
这副手套的另一只在哪儿?
The first mate was studying to become a master.
大副正在学习准备当船长.
The mate is one rank below the captain.
大副是仅低于船长的头衔.
The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims.
那位伙伴很遗憾地说他不能说出那年轻人产生怪念头的原因.
It is often difficult to get animals to mate in captivity.
常常很难使被关的动物交配.