- [countable] (British English, Australian English, informal)
a friend 朋友；伙伴 Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsb2He's a cheat and a gambler; hardly an ideal mate. 他是个骗子兼赌徒，不可能是理想的伴侣。 He's got loads of mates at school. 他在学校里有很多朋友。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best
- good
- have
- [countable] (British English, Australian English, informal)
used as a friendly way of addressing somebody, especially between men （男人之间常用）哥儿们，伙计，老兄 - [countable]
(in compounds 构成复合词 a person you share an activity or accommodation with 同伴；同事；一同居住的人 workmates/teammates/playmates/classmates 工友；队友；游戏伙伴；同学 my room-mate/flatmate 我的室友；和我同住一套公寓的人
- [countable]
the sexual partner of a bird or animal 偶；伴侣 - [countable] (informal)
a husband, wife or other sexual partner 配偶；性伴侣 Many matchmaking sites compile lists of potential mates using basic information. 许多婚介网站会利用基本信息编制潜在婚配对象名单。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- potential
- prospective
- ideal
- …
- attract
- find
- choose
- …
- [countable] (British English)
a person whose job is to help a worker who has had training in a skill （熟练工人的）助手，下手 a builder’s/plumber’s mate 建筑工的／管子工的助手
- [countable]
an officer in a commercial ship below the rank of captain or master （商船的）大副 - (also checkmate)[uncountable]
(in chess 国际象棋 a position in which one player cannot prevent their king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore loses the game 配合： 一个位置，一个玩家无法阻止其国王被俘获，因此输掉了比赛 - (also checkmate)[uncountable]
a situation in which somebody has been completely defeated 败局；败北；彻底战败
friend朋友
friendly name友好的称呼
somebody you share with伙伴
bird/animal鸟；兽
sexual partner性伴侣
job职业
on ship船舶
in chess国际象棋
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 7 late Middle English: from Middle Low German māt(e) ‘comrade’, of West Germanic origin; related to meat (the underlying concept was of eating together). noun sense 8 Middle English: the noun from Anglo-Norman French mat (from the phrase eschec mat ‘checkmate’); the verb from Anglo-Norman French mater ‘to checkmate’.