1 (informal 非正式) a friend or sb you live, work or do an activity with 朋友;同住者;同事;伙伴:
He's an old mate of mine.他是我的老朋友。a flatmate/classmate/team-mate/playmate同住一公寓者;同学;队友;玩伴
2 (Brit 英) (slang 俚语) used when speaking to a man (用于称呼男子)老兄:
Can you give me a hand, mate?老兄,帮我一把,好吗?
3 one of a male and female pair of animals, birds, etc (鸟兽等的)配偶:
The female sits on the eggs while her mate hunts for food.雌性的孵卵,其配偶则出外觅食。
4 an officer on a ship (轮船的)大副,副手
mate²
/meɪt ||; met/verb
1 [I] (used about animals and birds) to have sex and produce young (指动物及鸟类)交配:
Pandas rarely mate in zoos.熊猫很少在动物园内交配。
2 [T] to bring two animals together so that they can mate 使动物交配
[SYN] breed 同义词为breed
mate1/met; meIt/n [C]1 someone that you do things with, such as a job or sport 同事﹔工友﹔队友: His team mates congratulated him. 他的队友都祝贺他。an evening out with her work mates 她和同事外出的一个晚上her school mates 她的校友2 BrE informal a friend【英,非正式】朋友﹔伙伴3 the sexual PARTNER of an animal〔动物的〕配偶4 an officer on a ship〔船上的〕大副CLASSMATE, ROOMMATE
mate2v [I] when animals mate, they have sex to produce babies〔动物〕交配: +with The male mates with several females. 雄性会和多只雌性交配。
matematemates1noun1(British, informal) a friend: He went out with his mates last night.2a person who lives, works or studies with you: André is one of my classmates.a flatmate3one of two animals that come together to make young animals: In spring the birds look for mates.matematematesmatedmating2verb (mates, mating, mated)When animals mate, they come together to make young animals.