- [countable] (British English, Australian English, informal)
a friend 朋友;夥伴 Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsb2He's a cheat and a gambler; hardly an ideal mate. 他是個騙子兼賭徒,不可能是理想的伴侶。 He's got loads of mates at school. 他在學校裏有很多朋友。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best
- good
- have
- [countable] (British English, Australian English, informal)
used as a friendly way of addressing somebody, especially between men (男人之間常用)哥兒們,夥計,老兄 - [countable]
(in compounds )構成複合詞 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;隊友;遊戲夥伴;同學 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 Topics Birdsb2, Animalsb2偶;伴侶 - [countable] (informal)
a husband, wife or other sexual partner 配偶;性伴侶 Many matchmaking sites compile lists of potential mates using basic information. 許多婚介網站會利用基本信息編制潛在婚配對象名單。
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 (熟練工人的)助手,下手 a builder’s/plumber’s mate 建築工的/管子工的助手
- [countable]
an officer in a commercial ship below the rank of captain or master see also first mateTopics Transport by waterc2(商船的)大副 - (also checkmate)[uncountable]
(in chess )國際象棋 a position in which one player cannot prevent their king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore loses the game 配合: 一個位置,一個玩家無法阻止其國王被俘獲,因此輸掉了比賽 - (also checkmate)[uncountable]
a situation in which somebody has been completely defeated 敗局;敗北;徹底戰敗
friend朋友
friendly name友好的稱呼
somebody you share with夥伴
bird/animal鳥;獸
sexual partner性伴侶
job職業
on ship船舶
in chess國際象棋
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’.