matey

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Diminutive of mate, friend. diminutive,form-of,informal
    — Hello, matey, just back from the pub?
  2. Alternative form of maty (“native house servant in India”). alt-of,alternative
  3. A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. slang
    — Ahoy mateys, scrub the deck!
  4. A dockyard worker. slang
    — He got the dockyard 'mateys' to install a primitive form of steam heating which he had seen in Navy ships […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Sociable or friendly. UK
    — You've been very matey with that new bird.

词形变化

matier comparative matiest superlative mateys plural mateys plural

词源

Etymology tree
English mate
English -y
English matey
From mate + -y.
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