| 单词 | compatriot |
| 释义 | compatriot From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcompatriotcom‧pat‧ri‧ot /kəmˈpætriət $ -ˈpeɪt-/ noun [countable]SANsomeone who was born in or is a citizen of the same country as someone else SYN countrymansomebody’s compatriotSchmidt defeated his compatriot Hausmann in the quarter final.Examples from the Corpuscompatriot• I was a coach, a compatriot, helping the men as they struggled with their test taking and their writing.• Like his compatriot Nelson Piquet, Emerson in the cockpit is a somnolent cat.• What Zyuganov reassuringly says to nervous westerners is not what he has been saying for the past five years to his compatriots.• I see that I enjoy an exaggerated reputation for probity among my compatriots.• Their pal Robert Musgrave would play their long-suffering compatriot, Bob.Origin compatriot (1500-1600) French compatriote, from Late Latin, from Latin com- ( → COM-) + Late Latin patriota ( → PATRIOT) |
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