mate
US: /ˈmeɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
mate /meit/
- danh từ
- (đánh cờ) nước chiếu tướng
- (đánh cờ) nước chiếu tướng
- ngoại động từ
- (đánh cờ) chiếu tướng cho bí
- (đánh cờ) chiếu tướng cho bí
- danh từ
- bạn, bạn nghề
- con đực, con cái (trong đôi chim...); vợ, chồng; bạn đời
- người phụ việc, người giúp việc, người trợ lực
- (hàng hải) phó thuyền trưởng (thuyền buôn)
- động từ
- kết bạn với, kết đôi với; lấy nhau
- phủ chim, gà
- sống cùng, chơi cùng, đi cùng, ở cùng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
friend
1 [C] (BrE, informal) a friend: They've been best mates since school. + I was with a mate.
friendly name
2 [C] (BrE, informal) used as a friendly way of addressing sb, especially between men: Sorry mate, you'll have to wait. + All right, mate?
sb you share with
3 [C] (in compounds) a person you share an activity or accommodation with: workmates / teammates / playmates / classmates + my room-mate / flatmate
See also -
bird / animal
4 [C] either of a pair of birds or animals: A male bird sings to attract a mate.
sexual partner
5 [C] (informal) a husband, wife or other sexual partner
job
6 [C] (BrE) a person whose job is to help a skilled worker: a builder's / plumber's mate
on ship
7 [C] an officer in a commercial ship below the rank of captain or MASTER
See also -
in chess
8 [U] = CHECKMATE
+ verb
animals / birds
1 [V] ~ (with sth) (of two animals or birds) to have sex in order to produce young: Do foxes ever mate with dogs? + After mating, the female kills the male.
See also -
2 [VN] ~ sth (to / with sth) to put animals or birds together so that they will have sex and produce young
in chess
3 [VN] = CHECKMATE
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 companion, associate, colleague, fellow, chap, co-worker, comrade, crony, ally, friend, alter ego, Colloq chum, pal, US buddy, cohort, Slang Brit cully, china:
After work, my mates and I stop off for a beer or two (or three ) .
2 spouse, partner, helpmeet, helpmate, consort, husband or wife, better half, Colloq hubby, old man or lady or woman, lord and master, US bride, Slang trouble and strife (= 'wife'):
He scarcely seems a worthy mate for the winner of a Miss World contest.
3 fellow, twin, counterpart, parallel, one of a pair:
Have you seen the mate to this sock anywhere?
v.
4 pair (up), match (up), marry, wed, join, unite, couple, link (up):
People should be free to mate with whom they wish.
5 breed, couple, copulate, pair (up):
The zoo was able to get the rhinoceroses to mate. A lion was mated with a tiger to produce a tigon
6 match (up), fit (together), synchronize, join:
I cannot get these gears to mate.
Collocation dictionary
1 friend
ADJ.
best, good
They've been good mates ever since they were at school together.
VERB + MATE
have
He's got loads of mates at school.
2 sexual partner
VERB + MATE
attract, choose, find
These birds have colourful feathers to attract a mate.
Concise English dictionary
mates|mated|matingmeɪt
noun
+the officer below the master on a commercial ship
+a fellow member of a team
+the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
+a person's partner in marriage
+an exact duplicate
+South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
+informal term for a friend of the same sex
+South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
+a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
verb
+make love
+bring two objects, ideas, or people together
+place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
