mate 音标拼音: [m'et]
n . 配偶,对手,助手,将死
vt . 使配对,使一致,结伴,(象棋)将死
vi . 成配偶
配偶,对手,助手,将死使配对,使一致,结伴,(象棋)将死成配偶
mate *配偶
mate n 1 :
the officer below the master on a commercial ship [
synonym :
{
mate }, {
first mate }]
2 :
a fellow member of a team ; "
it was his first start against his former teammates " [
synonym : {
teammate }, {
mate }]
3 :
the partner of an animal (
especially a sexual partner ); "
he loved the mare and all her mates "; "
camels hate leaving their mates "
4 :
a person '
s partner in marriage [
synonym : {
spouse }, {
partner },
{
married person }, {
mate }, {
better half }]
5 :
an exact duplicate ; "
when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook " [
synonym : {
match }, {
mate }]
6 :
one of a pair ; "
he lost the mate to his shoe "; "
one eye was blue but its fellow was brown " [
synonym : {
mate }, {
fellow }]
7 :
South American holly ;
leaves used in making a drink like tea [
synonym : {
mate }, {
Paraguay tea }, {
Ilex paraguariensis }]
8 :
informal term for a friend of the same sex 9 :
South American tea -
like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate 10 :
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent '
s king [
synonym : {
checkmate }, {
mate }]
v 1 :
engage in sexual intercourse ; "
Birds mate in the Spring "
[
synonym : {
copulate }, {
mate }, {
pair }, {
couple }]
2 :
bring two objects ,
ideas ,
or people together ; "
This fact is coupled to the other one "; "
Matchmaker ,
can you match my daughter with a nice young man ?"; "
The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project " [
synonym :
{
match }, {
mate }, {
couple }, {
pair }, {
twin }]
3 :
place an opponent '
s king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game ; "
Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves " [
synonym : {
checkmate }, {
mate }]
Mate \
Mate \ (
m [=
a ]
t ),
n . [
F .
mat ,
abbrev .
fr . ['
e ]
chec et mat .
See {
Checkmate }.] (
Chess )
Same as {
Checkmate }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Mate \
Mate \,
a .
See 2d {
Mat }. [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Mate \
Mate \,
v .
t . [
F .
mater to fatigue ,
enfeeble ,
humiliate ,
checkmate .
See {
Mate }
checkmate .]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To confuse ;
to confound . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To checkmate .
[
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Mate \
Mate \,
n . [
Perhaps for older make a companion ;
cf .
also OD .
maet companion ,
mate ,
D .
maat .
Cf . {
Make }
a companion ,
{
Match }
a mate .]
1 .
One who customarily associates with another ;
a companion ;
an associate ;
any object which is associated or combined with a similar object .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence ,
specifically ,
a husband or wife ;
and among the lower animals ,
one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young .
[
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3 .
A suitable companion ;
a match ;
an equal .
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Ye knew me once no mate For you ;
there sitting where you durst not soar .
--
Milton .
[
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4 . (
Naut .)
An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain .
If there are more than one bearing the title ,
they are called ,
respectively ,
first mate ,
second mate ,
third mate ,
etc .
In the navy ,
a subordinate officer or assistant ;
as ,
master '
s mate ;
surgeon '
s mate .
[
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Mate \
Ma "
te \ (
m [
aum ]"
t [
asl ]),
n . [
Sp .]
The Paraguay tea ,
being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly ({
Ilex Paraguensis }).
The infusion has a pleasant odor ,
with an agreeable bitter taste ,
and is much used for tea in South America .
[
1913 Webster ]
Mate \
Mate \,
v .
i .
To be or become a mate or mates ,
especially in sexual companionship ;
as ,
some birds mate for life ;
this bird will not mate with that one .
[
1913 Webster ]
Mate \
Mate \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Mated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Mating }.]
1 .
To match ;
to marry .
[
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If she be mated with an equal husband . --
Shak .
[
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2 .
To match one '
s self against ;
to oppose as equal ;
to compete with .
[
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There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death . --
Bacon .
[
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I , . . .
in the way of loyalty and truth , . . .
Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be . --
Shak .
[
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3 .
To breed ;
to bring (
animals )
together for the purpose of breeding ;
as ,
she mated a doberman with a German shepherd .
[
PJC ]
4 .
To join together ;
to fit together ;
to connect ;
to link ;
as ,
he mated a saw blade to a broom handle to cut inaccessible branches .
[
PJC ]
244 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mate ":
OD ,
accompanier ,
accompanist ,
accompanyist ,
ace ,
acquaintance ,
ally ,
alter ego ,
amigo ,
analogon ,
analogue ,
associate ,
attendant ,
ball ,
be intimate ,
be made one ,
be spliced ,
become one ,
bedfellow ,
bedmate ,
better half ,
birthmate ,
boatswain ,
bosom buddy ,
bracket ,
breed ,
bride ,
brother ,
buddy ,
bunkie ,
bunkmate ,
butty ,
camarade ,
captain ,
chamberfellow ,
chap ,
chief engineer ,
chief mate ,
china ,
chum ,
classmate ,
close copy ,
close match ,
clubmate ,
co -
worker ,
coequal ,
cognate ,
cohabit ,
cohort ,
colleague ,
comate ,
come together ,
commander ,
commit adultery ,
companion ,
companion piece ,
company ,
compeer ,
complement ,
comrade ,
concomitant ,
confidant ,
confrere ,
congenator ,
congener ,
conjugate ,
consociate ,
consort ,
contract matrimony ,
coordinate ,
copartner ,
copemate ,
copesmate ,
copulate ,
copy ,
correlate ,
correlative ,
correspondent ,
couchmate ,
counterpart ,
couple ,
couple up ,
cover ,
cradlemate ,
crony ,
crossbreed ,
cupmate ,
dead ringer ,
deck officer ,
diddle ,
ditto ,
double ,
double -
harness ,
double -
team ,
duplicate ,
effigy ,
equal ,
equipollent ,
equivalent ,
espouse ,
exact likeness ,
familiar ,
fellow ,
fellow student ,
fit together ,
fornicate ,
friend ,
frig ,
general partner ,
generate ,
get hitched ,
girl friend ,
gossip ,
have sex ,
have sexual relations ,
helpmate ,
helpmeet ,
hitch ,
hubby ,
husband ,
icon ,
idol ,
image ,
intermarry ,
interwed ,
intimate ,
jailmate ,
join ,
kindred spirit ,
lay ,
lie with ,
like ,
likeness ,
link up ,
living image ,
living picture ,
make it with ,
make love ,
make out ,
marry ,
master ,
match ,
messmate ,
miniature ,
mirroring ,
miscegenate ,
model ,
mount ,
naval officer ,
navigating officer ,
navigator ,
near duplicate ,
obverse ,
old crony ,
opposite number ,
pair ,
pair off ,
pal ,
parallel ,
pard ,
pardner ,
partner ,
patron ,
peer ,
pendant ,
pewmate ,
photograph ,
picture ,
pipes ,
playfellow ,
playmate ,
portrait ,
procreate ,
quartermaster ,
reciprocal ,
reflection ,
remarry ,
resemblance ,
rewed ,
rival ,
roommate ,
rubbing ,
sailing master ,
schoolfellow ,
schoolmate ,
screw ,
second mate ,
second self ,
secret partner ,
semblance ,
serve ,
service ,
shadow ,
shelfmate ,
shipmaster ,
shipmate ,
shopmate ,
side partner ,
sidekick ,
sidekicker ,
silent partner ,
similitude ,
simulacrum ,
sister ,
skipper ,
sleep with ,
sleeping partner ,
soul mate ,
span ,
special partner ,
spit and image ,
spitting image ,
splice ,
spouse ,
such ,
suchlike ,
synchronize ,
tablemate ,
take to wife ,
tally ,
team ,
team up ,
teammate ,
tentmate ,
the Old Man ,
the like of ,
the likes of ,
tie ,
trace ,
tracing ,
twin ,
unite ,
very image ,
very picture ,
watch officer ,
watchmate ,
waymate ,
wed ,
wife ,
wive ,
workfellow ,
yoke ,
yokefellow ,
yokemate
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