“helpmate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

helpmate

释义

helpmate|ˈhɛlpmeɪt|
[f. help n. or v. + mate; prob. influenced in origin by next.]
A companion who is a help, or who renders help; an assistant, coadjutor, partner, consort. Chiefly applied to a wife or husband.
1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 278 The Jesuits..notable Helpmates to the Monks in that kind of Forgery.1722De Foe Relig. Courtsh. ii. i. (1840) 187 A woman is to be a helpmate, and a man is to be the same.1766Pennant Zool. (1776) I. 57 In Minorca the ass and the hog are common help-mates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land.1815Scott Guy M. xliv, She next addressed her amiable help-mate.1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii, A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson.

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