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companion

noun
 
🔊/kəmˈpænjən/
🔊/kəmˈpænjən/
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  1.  
    a person or an animal that travels with you or spends a lot of time with you旅伴；伴侣；陪伴
    • travelling companions旅伴
    • Geoff was my companion on the journey.杰夫是我旅途中的同伴。
    • (figurative) Fear was the hostages' constant companion.人质一直都感到恐惧不安。🔊🔊
    see also animal companion, stable companionTopics Family and relationshipsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • agreeable
    • boon
    • charming
    • …
    companion + noun
    • animal
    preposition
    • companion for
    • companion to
    See full entry
  2.  
    a person who shares your experiences, especially when these are particularly pleasant or unpleasant同甘共苦的伙伴
    • She was a charming dinner companion.与她同桌进餐使人感到十分高兴。🔊🔊
    • His younger brother is not much of a companion for him.他的弟弟和他志趣不太相投。🔊🔊
    • They're drinking companions (= they go out drinking together).他们是酒友。🔊🔊
    • We became companions in misfortune.我们成了患难之交。🔊🔊
    • He was an entertaining dinner companion.他是饭桌上大家的开心果。
    see also boon companion
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • agreeable
    • boon
    • charming
    • …
    companion + noun
    • animal
    preposition
    • companion for
    • companion to
    See full entry
  3. a person, usually a woman, employed to live with and help somebody, especially somebody old or ill陪护（通常受雇照料老人或病人）
    • She lived in the house as a companion to our grandmother.她住在这栋房子里给我们的祖母作伴。
  4. one of a pair of things that go together or can be used together成对的物品之一；一副物品中的一个
    • A companion volume is soon to be published.这卷书的姊妹篇即将问世。🔊🔊
  5. used in book titles to describe a book giving useful facts and information on a particular subject（用于书名）指南，手册
    • A Companion to French Literature《法国文学指南》
    6. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French compaignon, literally ‘one who breaks bread with another’, based on Latin com- ‘together with’ + panis ‘bread’.