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单词 companion
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companionnoun [ C ]

uk/kəmˈpæn.jən/us/kəmˈpæn.jən/

companion noun [ C ] (PERSON)

B2 a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are travelling together:

The dog has been her constant companion these past ten years.
a travelling companion

in the past, a young woman who was paid to care for and provide friendship for an old or ill woman, especially while she was travelling

More examples

  • She went travelling with a female companion.
  • Mabel will be a good companion for my mother.
  • He was hired to act as Gerald's companion.
  • He has been her constant companion for over 50 years.

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Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries

  • a friend in need is a friend indeed idiom
  • acquaintance
  • acquainted
  • amigo
  • bedmate
  • comrade
  • escort
  • flatmate
  • friendless
  • gang
  • girl
  • girlfriend
  • intimate 1
  • neighbour
  • peer
  • peer group
  • pen pal
  • penfriend
  • playmate
  • posse

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People who help or serve people professionally

companion noun [ C ] (OBJECT)

old-fashioned either of two matching objects:

I've still got one of the candlesticks but I've lost its companion.

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Numbers: groups of things according to number

  • baker's dozen
  • brace
  • couple
  • dozen
  • dyad
  • gross
  • pair
  • score
  • triad
  • trinity
  • trio
  • twosome

companion noun [ C ] (BOOK)

used in the title of a type of book that gives you information on a particular subject or tells you how to do something:

the Music Lover's Companion

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Books: kinds of books

  • abridge
  • annual
  • anthology
  • audiobook
  • autobiography
  • backlist
  • bestiary
  • crammer
  • digest
  • e-reader
  • exercise book
  • fiction
  • flipback
  • glossy
  • novelette
  • novella
  • page-turner
  • paperback
  • photo album
  • travelogue

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