英语词汇“matey”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

matey

释义

mate¹ /māt/

noun

A companion
An equal
A fellow worker, occupant, etc (often in combination, as workmate, flatmate, etc)
A friendly or ironic form of address
A husband or wife
An animal with which another is paired to produce young
One of a pair
A ship's officer under the captain or master
In the navy, formerly a rank to which a warrant officer might be promoted
An assistant or deputy (as plumber's mate)

transitive verb

intransitive verb

ORIGIN: Prob MLGer mate or earlier Du maet (now maat); cf OE gemetta a messmate, and meat

mateˈless adjective

Without a mate or companion

mateˈship noun (esp Aust)

The bond between close friends

māˈtily adverb

māˈtiness or māˈteyness noun

mātˈy or māteˈy adjective (mātˈier; mātˈiest) (informal)

Friendly and familiar, esp in a studied or overdone manner

noun

A friendly or ironic form of address esp to a man

mate's rates plural noun (informal)

A reduced price available only to friends

mating type noun (botany)

A group of individuals within a species which cannot breed among themselves but which are able to breed with individuals of other such groups

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