Mate



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• n. 伙伴;配偶v. 交配
• ［英］ n. 伙伴 ( a friend) ; 配偶 ( one of a male-female pair) ; v. 交配 ( make into a pair)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (mated; mating)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French mater, from mat, noun, checkmate, ultimately from Arabic māt (in shāh māt)
• Date: 14th century
• checkmate 2

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• checkmate 1

III. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Low German māt; akin to Old English gemetta guest at one's table, mete food — more at meat
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) associate, companion
    • (2) chiefly British an assistant to a more skilled worker ; helper
    • (3) chiefly British friend, buddy — often used as a familiar form of address
  • b. archaic match, peer
• 2. a deck officer on a merchant ship ranking below the captain
• 3. one of a pair: as
  • a. either member of a couple and especially a married couple
  • b. either member of a breeding pair of animals
  • c. either of two matched objects

IV. verb (mated; mating)

• Date: 1509
• transitive verb
  • 1. archaic equal, match
  • 2. to join or fit together ; couple
  • 3.
    • a. to join together as mates
    • b. to provide a mate for
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become mated <gears that mate well>
  • 2. copulate

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