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messmate

/mes-meyt/US // ˈmɛsˌmeɪt //UK // (ˈmɛsˌmeɪt) //

混乱的朋友,混乱的伙伴,混乱的同伴,乱七八糟的朋友

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person, especially a friend, who is a member of a group regularly taking meals together, as in an army camp.

Examples

  • Messmate o' mine on the Bedford, and afore that on the Vesuvius bomb.

  • My worthy messmate was taken prisoner and kept in France some eight or ten years or more.

  • I heard an account of the expedition from one of the seamen who had been engaged in it, as he described it to a messmate.

  • "It looks like a whale of a job, messmate," remarked Dick, as he and Matt walked away from the hotel.

  • "Messmate," answered Mr. Jope; and, opening his mouth, pointed down it with his forefinger.