helpmate

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who supplies help or companionship.
  2. A wife or spouse.
    — The host himself was one of those very quiet men whom we usually see linked to the most active helpmates.
  3. A recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal.

词形变化

helpmates plural

词源

A folk-etymological alteration of helpmeet, by reanalysis as help + mate.
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