mate讀/me?t/，配偶的意思。
雙語例句：
1、If?someone?tried?to?bash?my?best?mate?they?would?have?to?bash?me?as?well如果誰想揍我最好的朋友，那我就跟他拼了。
2、The?presidential?nominee?was?advised?to?choose?a?woman?as?a?running?mate.有人建議領導人候選人找壹位女性競選夥伴。
3、At?first?I?couldn't?believe?it.I?thought?it?was?a?wind-up?by?one?of?my?mates.壹開始我不相信，以為是哪個同伴在故意逗我。
4、If?you're?a?busy?person,?looking?to?meet?several?potential?mates?at?the?same?event,speed?dating?could?be?for?you.如果妳是個忙人，想在同壹場合和幾位可能成為自己伴侶的人見面，那麽快速交友可能就適合妳。
5、The?assistant?carried?on?talking?to?his?mate,?name-dropping?all?the?famous?riders?he?knew那位助手繼續對同伴講個不停，搬出他認識的所有知名自行車賽手。
6、This?allows?the?pair?to?mate?properly?and?stops?the?hen?staying?in?the?nest-box這樣可以使這對公雞和母雞正常交配，讓母雞不再呆在雞窩裏。