| 释义 |
mateship|ˈmeɪt-ʃɪp|
[f. mate n.2 + -ship.]
The condition of being a mate; companionship, fellowship; † equality.
1593Nashe Christ's T. 30 Empery admitteth no mateshyppe. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh vii. 1088, I sate among them equally, In fellowship and mateship. 1897P. Warung Tales Old Regime 215 It was pleasant, as it was unusual, this mateship. 1905H. Lawson in B. Stevens Bush Ballads (1910) 76 The College Wreck..Tramps West in mateship with the man Who cannot write his name. 1930W. K. Hancock Australia x. 199 Thwarted individualism found consolation in the gospel of mateship. 1960J. Fingleton Four Chukkas to Austral. xviii. 158 Benaud knew, too, that he had to cultivate mateship. 1962Guardian 14 Aug. 6/5 A beery sense of ‘mateship’ among the men. 1968Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 20 July 2/2 When I was..Prime Minister..he gave me not only his personal co-operation, understanding and loyalty but also his mateship, often in the most difficult circumstances, even when we disagreed.
Add:2. Zool. The condition of having a mate; a pairing of one animal with another.
1927F. Alverdes Social Life in Animal World v. 47 Permanent mateships within a larger unit are of special interest since human marriages must be classified under this heading. 1972T. McHugh Time of Buffalo xvii. 193 A single bull with a single cow is the rule, a union zoologists refer to as ‘temporary monogamous mateship’. 1977D. Morris Manwatching 283 Even after establishing a mateship such individuals may continue to play the human beauty-game, when assessing film stars, pin-ups, or passers-by in the street. |