mate /meɪt/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (mating,mated,mates)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as their mate. 配偶; 性伴侣

  例：

  He has found his ideal mate.

  他已经找到了理想的配偶。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） An animal's mate is its sexual partner. 交配对象

  例：

  The males guard their mates zealously.

  雄性动物热情地守护它们的交配对象。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） a friend, usually of the same sex: often used between males in direct address (同性称呼语，常用于男性间)哥们; 老兄; 老弟; 朋友 [英国英语][非正式]
• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） an associate, colleague, fellow sharer, etc 同事; 工友

  例：

  a classmate

• 5.  

  V-RECIP（相互动词） When animals mate, a male and a female have sex in order to produce young. 交配

  例：

  This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen from staying in the nest.

  这可以使这一对正常交配同时也阻止雌禽待在窝里。

• 6.  

  V-T（及物动词） to pair (a male and female animal) or (of animals) to pair for reproduction 使成为配偶; 使交配
• 7.  

  （） → see also classmate, roommate, running mate