mating的中文翻译是什么意思

N-COUNT伙伴，朋友(尤指男性之间)

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。

N-VOC(用于男性之间的称呼)老兄，老弟

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。

N-COUNT配偶;性伙伴

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

N-COUNT(动物的)配偶，交配对象

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。

V-RECIP交配;交尾

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。

N-COUNT(商船上的)大副；（亦指）船员

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

N-COUNT(美国海军的)军士

In the United States Navy, a mate is a petty officer who has a particular set of skills and who assists a warrant officer.

N-UNCOUNT(象棋中) 同 checkmate

In chess, mate is the same as checkmate .