核心畫面
Picture two who go together as a pair — side by side, doing the same thing, sharing the same boat or the same nest. At heart mate is 'the one alongside you.' That partner can be a friend you knock around with, the animal you breed with, or the worker who stands next to you on the job. (One small family — the chess 'mate' — comes from a different, unrelated root and only sounds the same.)
可以想成「並肩在一起的兩個」——肩並肩、做同一件事、共用同一條船或同一個窩。mate 的核心畫面可以想成「在你身邊的…更多收起
可以想成「並肩在一起的兩個」——肩並肩、做同一件事、共用同一條船或同一個窩。mate 的核心畫面可以想成「在你身邊的那一個」：可能是一起混的朋友、繁殖時配對的動物、或工作時站在你旁邊的人。（其中下西洋棋的 mate 是另一個完全不同的字根，只是剛好同音，自成一小支。）原始詞典資料27 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Matename
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A barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.
matenoun詞源 1/meɪt/
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A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- A "mate" was a "mate" - share and share alike, no matter how bad might be the times, or how long a spell of ill luck had attended them.
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A breeding partner.
- Such overt displays of avowed sexual prowess – or at least, desperate availability – are not limited to the countryside. Even in the city, birds and animals and stockbrokers and nurses find ways of signalling their suitability as a mate.
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A friend, usually of the same sex.
- I'm going to the pub with a few mates.
- He's my best mate.
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Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- Excuse me, mate, have you got the time?
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nauticaltransportIn naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
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nauticaltransportA ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
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nauticaltransportA first mate.
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A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
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The other member of a matched pair of objects.
- I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.
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A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- Ye knew me once no mate / For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.
mateverb詞源 1/meɪt/
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To match, fit together without space between.
- The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.
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To copulate.
- “In fact, the apes live with us, and have for many ages. We call them the first men—we speak their language quite as much as we do our own; only in the rituals of the temple do we make any attempt to retain our mother tongue. In time it will be forgotten, and we will speak only the language of the apes; in time we will no longer banish those of our people who mate with apes, and so in time we shall descend to the very beasts from which ages ago our progenitors may have sprung.”
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To pair in order to raise offspring.
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To arrange in matched pairs.
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To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
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To copulate with.
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To marry; to match (a person).
- If she be mated with an equal husband.
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obsoleteTo match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
- There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.
- I, […] in the way of loyalty and truth, […] / Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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To fit (objects) together without space between.
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To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
- Indeed, some cases of devotion that were met with were quite touching; and very often to all appearances the pairs were not always mated from the same class of society.
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aerospacebusinessengineeringTo move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
mateverb詞源 3/meɪt/
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obsoleteTo confuse; to confound.
- I think you are all mated, or stark mad.
matenoun詞源 4/meɪt/
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The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。