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matey

/mey-tee/US // ˈmeɪ ti //

马蒂,马特,娘娘腔,马蒂尔

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mate·ys.Chiefly British Informal.

    • : comrade; chum; buddy.

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Examples

  • She appeared undisturbed when Matey, wearing his holiday white ducks, and all aglow, entered the booth.

  • Matey was good at lessons, too—liked them; liked Latin and Greek; would help a poor stumbler.

  • She had a nice mouth, ready for a smile at the corners, or so it was before Matey let her see that she was his mark.

  • But Browny's feeling naturally was, that all this advantage for the boys came of Matey Weyburn's lead.

  • Matey listened to him there; he became grave; he nodded like a man saying, "I suppose we must examine it in earnest."