| 词汇 | companion |
| 释义 | companion noun[ C ] uk /kəmˈpæn.jən/ us /kəmˈpæn.jən/ companionnoun[C] (PERSON)B2 a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are travelling together: 同伴;伙伴;伴侣 The dog has been her constant companion these past ten years.在过去的这10年里，这条狗一直与她形影不离。 a travelling companion旅伴 Synonyms buddyinformal chum(FRIEND)old-fashionedinformal cronyinformaldisapproving friend(PERSON YOU LIKE) mate(FRIEND)UKinformal muckerUKinformal palinformal Compare acquaintance in the past, a young woman who was paid to care for and provide friendship for an old or ill woman, especially while she was travelling陪护（旧时受雇陪伴老太太或女性病人旅行的年轻女子） She went travelling with a female companion. Mabel will be a good companion for my mother. He was hired to act as Gerald's companion. He has been her constant companion for over 50 years. Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries acquaintance acquaintanceship acquainted acquainted with someone amigo compatriot confidant contact list contemporary crony crowd fair-weather friend mutual friend next door non-contemporary office spouse on further acquaintance what are friends for?idiom wingman with friends like you, who needs enemies?idiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People who help or serve people professionally companionnoun[C] (OBJECT)old-fashioned either of two matching objects: （成对物件中的）一件 I've still got one of the candlesticks but I've lost its companion.我还拥有一个烛台，却把配对的另一个给弄丢了。 Numbers: groups of things according to number a couple of someone/something baker's dozen brace couple dozen dyad dyadic gross null pair quaternity score triad trinity trio twosome companionnoun[C] (BOOK)used in the title of a type of book that gives you information on a particular subject or tells you how to do something: （用于书名）指南，手册 the Music Lover's Companion《音乐爱好者指南》 Books: kinds of books abridgment annual anthology audiobook backlist crime digest dime novel e-reader easy read multi-volume must-read novel novelette novelistic trilogy vade mecum workbook ya young adult companion | American Dictionarycompanion noun[ C ] us/kəmˈpæn·jən/ someone or something you spend a lot of time with or travel with, or a friend who lives with you: a pleasant traveling companion He shared his cabin with his wife and constant companion of 62 years. Examples of companioncompanion The figure is clothed in a fine chiton, as are all his companions. In the second, it designates a missive from a white man about an ageless adventurer and the expeditions he leads with his companions. The independent variables included measures of somatic morbidity (mortality risk, impairment in sensory functions), social resources (number of living companions, income), and dementia and depression. In the domain of social relations (at least in terms of reported close companions), gender differences were more prominent than age differences. First, the male- female bonding is weakened owing to the low frequency of male interactions with most of his female companions. Her sighs and sketches are calculated to charm her male companions. In this view acquaintances are plentiful, companions fewer, and intimates few and far between in a person's life. He demands and directs change, compelling his companions to act, railing against hopelessness and disenchantment, against any allegiance to utopia. To value this time, we asked what activity the subjects (and their companions) would have participated in had they not attended physiotherapy. All these potential applications will eventually lead to the development of personal robots that will act as understanding companions of humans. I can be perfectly rational in believing that my faculty of vision is keener than my companions. The companions are defined by composing 2-cells. The tales also show how authors labor for their own recognition by presenting themselves as necessary advocates, companions, and accompanists of the objects. Improved felid embryo development by group culture is maintained with heterospecific companions. The incongruous companions, destruction and preservation, cling to memory. See all examples of companion These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withcompanioncompanionThese are words often used in combination with companion. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. close companion She had been his closecompanion and confidant, and her unexpected death represented another traumatic loss for the boy. companion animal One in every two households owns a pet of some kind—a companion animal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 companion piece The composer has since completed a companionpiece and is planning a third, to be played either separately or as part of a piano trilogy. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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