| 单词 | companion |
| 释义 | Word Frequency companion 1(kəmˈpænjən) noun 1. a person who is an associate of another or others; comrade 2. (esp formerly) an employee, usually a woman, who provides company for an employer, esp an elderly woman 3. a. one of a pair; match b. (as modifier) a companion volume 4. a guidebook or handbook 5. a member of the lowest rank of any of certain orders of knighthood 6. astronomy the fainter of the two components of a double star verb 7. (transitive) to accompany or be a companion to Derived forms companionless (comˈpanionless) adjective Word origin C13: from Late Latin compāniō, literally: one who eats bread with another, from Latin com- with + pānis breadWord Frequency companion 2(kəmˈpænjən) noun nautical a. a raised frame on an upper deck with windows to give light to the deck below b. (as modifier) a companion ladder Word origin C18: from Dutch kompanje quarterdeck, from Old French compagne, from Old Italian compagna pantry, perhaps ultimately from Latin pānis bread |
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