be someone's housemate
housemate 指同住一所房子的人,不一定共用房间。
She is my housemate.
她是我的室友。
室友;同屋
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室友;同屋
housemate
She is my housemate.
她是我的室友。
住在同一所房子里的人;室友。
Someone living in the same house.
My housemate and I take turns cooking dinner on weekdays.
我和我的室友在工作日轮流做晚饭。
She asked her housemate to turn down the music so she could study.
她请室友把音乐调低,以便她可以学习。
We are looking for a new housemate to share the rent and the bills.
我们正在找一位新室友来分担房租和账单。
housemate 指同住一所房子的人,不一定共用房间。
She is my housemate.
她是我的室友。
主语需用复数或并列成分,表示彼此互为室友。
Tom and I are housemates.
汤姆和我是室友。
此时 housemates 用复数,表示从多个室友中选取一个。
One of my housemates is from Canada.
我的室友之一是加拿大人。
Not this
I have three housemate.
Use this
I have three housemates.
housemate 是可数名词,复数形式为 housemates;在 three 等数量词后必须用复数。汉语名词没有复数变化,所以容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
I have housemate.
Use this
I have a housemate.
housemate 是单数可数名词,不能裸用,前面需要加不定冠词 a。汉语没有冠词,所以学习者容易漏掉 a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
新室友
My new housemate is from Canada.
我的新室友来自加拿大。
与某人合住
I am housemates with two students from France.
我和两个来自法国的学生合住。
向室友借
I borrowed a book from my housemate.
我向室友借了一本书。
和室友相处融洽
It is important to get along with your housemate.
和室友相处融洽很重要。
找室友
She is looking for a housemate to share the rent.
她在找室友分摊房租。
Use housemate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把house(房子)和mate(伙伴)连在一起:同住一个house的mate就是室友。
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常口语、租房与居住场景 housemate 是中性常用词,通常指同住一所房子的人,不强调性别或关系,多用于日常交流和租房等生活场景,语气自然;正式文书可能改用 roommate 或 co-tenant。
这些词都以 -mate 结尾,并且都含有相同的非重读末尾音节 /meɪt/,因此拼写和听感有相似处;但它们都不是 housemate 的严格押韵词。housemate 的重音在第一个音节,重读元音与这些词不同(这些词的重读元音分别为 /æ/、/uː/、/iː/、/oʊ/、/eɪ/、/uː/),所以只能算形似词。
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