partner1/ˋpɑrtnɚ; ˈpɑːtnə/n [C]1 the person that you are married to, or that you live with as if you were married [→ husband, wife] 配偶﹔〔同居的〕伴侣﹐情人: She lives with her partner Tom. 她和她的伴侣汤姆一起生活。2 one of the owners of a business 合伙人﹐股东: +in He's a partner in a law firm. 他是一家法律事务所的合伙人。3 someone that you do an activity with, for example dancing or playing a game against two other people〔跳舞﹑运动等的〕搭档﹐同伴: my tennis partner 我的网球搭档4 a country or organization that has an agreement with another〔某个国家或组织的〕伙伴: Germany's trading partners 德国的贸易伙伴
partner2v [T] to be someone's partner in a dance, game etc〔在跳舞﹑游戏等中〕做…的同伴[搭档]