mate [ meit ]

• n.
  • the officer below the master on a commercial ship

    同义词： first mate

  • a fellow member of a team

    "it was his first start against his former teammates"

    同义词： teammate

  • the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

    "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"

  • a person's partner in marriage

    同义词： spouse partner married person better half

  • an exact duplicate

    同义词： match

  • South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

    同义词： Paraguay tea Ilex paraguariensis

  • informal term for a friend of the same sex
  • South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
  • a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

    同义词： checkmate

• v.
  • bring two objects, ideas, or people together

    同义词： match couple pair twin

  • place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

    "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

    同义词： checkmate

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