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

companion¹ /kəm-panˈyən/

noun

A person who keeps company or frequently associates with another, either voluntarily or as a profession

A member of an order of knighthood, esp in a lower grade

One of a pair or set of things

An often pocket-sized book on a particular subject (as in angler's companion)

transitive verb

rare

To accompany

adjective

Of the nature of a companion

Accompanying

ORIGIN: Fr compagnon, from LL compānium a mess, from L com- with, and pānis bread

companˈiable adjective (obsolete)

Sociable

companˈionable adjective

Fit to be a companion

Agreeable

companˈionableness noun

companˈionably adverb

companˈionate adjective

companˈioned adjective

Having a companion

companˈionhood noun

companˈionless adjective

companˈionship noun

companionate marriage noun

A form of marriage proposed in the 1920s with legalized birth control and divorce by mutual consent

companion animal noun

(in politically correct language) a pet

companˈion-in-arms noun

A fellow soldier

companion set noun

A set of fireside implements on a stand

companion star noun

A star appearing to be close to another though not necessarily near it in space, eg the fainter component of a double star

Companion of Literature

An honour (instituted 1961) conferred by the Royal Society of Literature (abbrev CLitt.)

companion1 /kəm-panˈyən/