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

noun | verb

matemate1 /meɪt/ ●●○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYmate¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Middle Low German mat

1somebody YOU DO something WITH someone you work with, do an activity with, or share something with: class/team/work/etc. mate Dad’s office mates are throwing a party for him. Myra and I were locker mates in high school. → see also roommate, running mate, soul mate, teammate2ANIMAL science, biology the sexual partner of an animal3HUSBAND/WIFE informal a husband or wife: How do women choose their mates?4PAIR OF OBJECTS one of a pair of objects: What happened to this sock’s mate?5SAILOR a ship’s officer who is one rank below the captain: the first mate6NAVY OFFICER a U.S. navy petty officer7FRIEND British a male friend, or a friendly way of speaking to a man you do not know[Origin: 1300–1400 Middle Low German mat]

noun | verb

matemate2 ●○○ verb

ETYMOLOGYmate²

Origin: (1-2) 1500-1600 ➔ MATE¹ (3) 1200-1300 Old French mater, from mat checkmate, from Arabic

VERB TABLE

mate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	mate
	he, she, it	mates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	mated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have mated
	he, she, it	has mated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had mated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will mate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have mated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am mating
	he, she, it	is mating
	you, we, they	are mating
Past	I, he, she, it	was mating
	you, we, they	were mating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been mating
	he, she, it	has been mating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been mating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be mating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been mating

1[intransitive + with] science, biology if animals mate, they have sex to produce babies2[transitive] science, biology to put animals together so that they will have sex and produce babies3[transitive] to achieve the checkmate of your opponent in chess