单词 | buddy |
释义 | buddybud‧dy /ˈbʌdi/ noun (plural buddies) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINbuddy ExamplesOrigin: 1800-1900 Probably from brotherEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► friend Collocations someone who you know and like very much and enjoy spending time with: · Dad, this is my friend Steve.· She’s going to Palm Springs with some friends.· I got a letter from a friend from college.· Amy’s a close friend of mine.· John was a really good friend to me when I had all those problems last year. ► acquaintance someone who you know and see sometimes, but who is not one of your close friends: · We borrowed the money from one of Paul’s business acquaintances. ► mate British English informal a friend – used especially about boys or men: · He always goes to the pub with his mates on Friday night.· Terry’s an old mate of mine. ► buddy American English informal a friend – used especially about men or young people: · He’s out playing basketball with some of his high school buddies. ► pal informal a friend – pal sounds rather old-fashioned: · They met at school and have remained close pals. ► crony [usually plural] disapproving a friend – used about powerful people who will help each other even if it is slightly dishonest: · He’s one of the president’s cronies. ► companion written someone who spends time with you, doing the same things as you – used about animals as well as people: · travelling companions· His dog was his constant companion.· the perfect companion ► the girls informal a woman’s female friends: · We’re having a girls’ night out. ► the lads British English informal a man’s male friends: · a night out with the lads Longman Language Activatora friend► friend · Dad, this is my friend Steve.· She's going to Palm Springs with some friends.· I got a letter from a friend from college.friend of mine · I'm going out for a drink with a friend of mine tonight.be a good friend to somebody (=to be someone's friend and help them a lot when they have problems) · John was a really good friend to me when I had all those problems last year. ► mate British informal a friend - use this especially about boys or men: · He always goes to the pub with his mates on Friday night.mate of mine: · Terry's an old mate of mine. ► buddy American informal a friend - use this especially about men or young people: · He's one of Mike's buddies.army/high school/war etc buddy (=a friend that you met in the army, high school etc): · He's out playing basketball with some of his high school buddies. ► pal informal a friend. Pal is slightly more old-fashioned than mate or buddy: · Nicholas was a pal of William's at school.· Thanks for helping us out, Frankie. You're a real pal. ► acquaintance someone that you know and sometimes see, but who is not one of your close friends: · She's just an acquaintance - I sometimes see her at aerobics.· I don't want to talk about religion with business acquaintances. ► friend of a friend someone who is not really your friend, but is someone one of your friends knows: · I got the tickets through a friend of a friend who works in the theatre.· No I don't know him personally, he's a friend of a friend. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► drinking companion/buddy/partner etcCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► good Phrases· So his good buddy President Bill found a few billion to quell the restless natives.· Since she had grown up, they had become the best of buddies. ► old· It became very much a matter of the old touring buddies looking after each other.· Hey Matt, old pal, old buddy, this stuff got stolen from us, it was moving, interstate commerce.· Another old buddy of mine, who has been everywhere and done everything, is into his 70s.· A lot of people right now are probably comparing Floyd to his old buddy Ricky Watters.· In fact, old buddy, leave me.· Joe had called an old army buddy.· He made only one change, firing the fire commissioner and putting in his old Hamburg Club buddy, Robert Quinn. NOUN► army· Timothy McVeigh and two army buddies are charged.· She learned that an army buddy of her son, who serves in an elite commando unit, had died.· Joe had called an old army buddy. ► bosom· There was less arguing after that, but the two actors never became bosom buddies and never worked together again. ► system· And the kids have a buddy system they can count on.· They therefore blame not the buddy system but political patronage for government inefficiency. VERB► drink· Though not necessarily together; they were not drinking buddies. ► play· Stephen Baldwin plays the jelly-brained buddy.· Jamie Foxx and Tommy Davidson play buddies with lustful designs on their dates. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► bosom friend/buddy/pal 1informal a friend: We’re good buddies.► see thesaurus at friend2 American English spoken used to talk to a man or boy, especially one you do not know: Hey, buddy! This your car?
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