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。