Companion



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解释

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• n. 同伴, 同伙; 受雇的陪伴人
• ［英］ n. 同伴, 同伙 ( comrade, mate)
• ［记］ 来自company ( 一群朋友, 公司)
• ［例］ to take a post as a paid companion

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English compainoun, from Anglo-French cumpaing, cumpaignun, from Late Latin companion-, companio, from Latin com- + panis bread, food — more at food
• Date: 13th century
• 1. one that accompanies another ; comrade, associate; also one that keeps company with another
• 2. obsolete rascal
• 3.
  • a. one that is closely connected with something similar
  • b. one employed to live with and serve another
• 4. a celestial body that appears close to another but that may or may not be associated with it in space

II. verb

• Date: 1622
• transitive verb
  • accompany
• intransitive verb
  • to keep company

III. noun

• Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch kampanje poop deck
• Date: 1762
• 1. a hood covering at the top of a companionway
• 2. companionway

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