Word
housemate
室友；同屋
housemate
- 1.
Someone living in the same house.
住在同一所房子里的人；室友。
住在同一所房子里的人；室友。；住在同一所房子里的人
In use
My housemate and I take turns cooking dinner on weekdays.
She asked her housemate to turn down the music so she could study.
We are looking for a new housemate to share the rent and the bills.
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。
be housemates
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。
one of + possessive determiner + housemates
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。
Common mistakes
I have three housemate.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。
I have housemate.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。
Connections
Collocations
- new housemate
- 新室友
- My new housemate is from Canada.我的新室友来自加拿大。
- be housemates with
- 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。
- borrow from a housemate
- 向室友借
- I borrowed a book from my housemate.我向室友借了一本书。
- get along with your housemate
- 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。
- look for a housemate
- 找室友
- She is looking for a housemate to share the rent.她在找室友分摊房租。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把house（房子）和mate（伙伴）连在一起：同住一个house的mate就是室友。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.