英:[kəm'pænɪənəblɪ]
美:[kəmˈpænjənəblɪ]
英:[kəm'pænɪənəblɪ]
美:[kəmˈpænjənəblɪ]
adjective
marked by, conducive to, or suggestive of companionship : sociable companionable laughter
companionable people
The first known use of companionable was in 1593
comparative1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or constituting the degree of grammatical comparison that denotes increase in the quality, quantity, or relation expressed by an adjective or adverb
measured by comparison : relative
a comparative stranger
involving the study of things that are alike by comparing them
comparative anatomy
comparative2 of 2noun
the comparative degree or a word form expressing it
"taller" is the comparative of "tall"
comparableadjective
capable of being compared
similar, like
cloth comparable to the best
companynoun
association with another : fellowship
enjoy a person's company
a person's companions or associates
known by the company you keep
guests or visitors especially at one's home
we have company
a group of persons or things
a body of soldiersespecially: a unit consisting of two or more platoons
an organization of musical or dramatic performers
an opera company
the officers and crew of a ship
a firefighting unit
an association of persons carrying on a business
those members of a partnership whose names do not appear in the firm name
Doe and Company
companionwaynoun
a ship's stairway from one deck to another
companionshipnoun
the good feeling that comes from being with someone else
companion1 of 2noun
one that often accompanies another : comrade
one of a pair of matching things
a person employed to live with and serve another
a publication that provides information
companion2 of 2noun
companionway
companionableadjective
friendly
1 They walked companionably back to the house.
他们结伴走回了这所房子。
2 They sit beside it companionably, as if at a wake; the old skeleton seems to impose a philosophical quiet.
他们友善的坐在它的旁边,就像是在凭吊着什么;这个古老的骨架像是在展现一种哲学上的静谧。
3 In the wasteland outside Sarju's stockade, two men, squatting a modest 20 yards apart, are chatting companionably as they take their morning purge.
在萨尔朱家栅栏外的荒地上,两名男子差不多相隔20码地蹲着,友善地聊天,因为他们在出早恭。
4 He extolled their niceness, snapping them as they basked companionably on warm mud or on a favourite bank of long grass, the forefoot of one embracing the back of another.
他称颂鳄鱼的漂亮,当鳄鱼们在暖和的烂泥中懒洋洋地晒太阳,或在舒适的长草坡上,一只鳄鱼的前足趴在另一只鳄鱼的背上时,他拍摄它们。
5 After they heap scorn and vitriol upon one another in the debating chamber, members of the British Parliament retire companionably together to the bars and tea rooms of the Palace of Westminster.
英国议会议员辩论厅上再怎么相互讽刺指责,下去后却一起友好地出入威斯敏斯特宫的茶室酒吧。
6 a companionable pat on the back let me know that my shipmates were now my friends
7 a good club for companionable enthusiasts of the great outdoors
8 Whether Takuya and Sakura will do well in the competition is a bit of an afterthought compared to the gradual tracing of the companionable bond that forms between them, or observing the mellowing climate as the island slowly emerges from winter into spring.
9 And a bevy of similar beauties flocks around her with companionable buoyancy.
10 Adam’s silence can seem sweetly companionable one moment and freighted with trauma the next.
11 The Fussy Dinner Party as an Art Form Photograph from Moda OperandiThere are those of us who throw together haphazard meals for friends and expect the sheer force of companionable affection to patch the aesthetic and social gaps.
12 The three books are united by the way in which the unnamed narrator — her voice the same, companionable tone in all three — notices the world, alert to human pain, to people undone by life, unmoored by death, lost.
13 Advertisement Their improbably companionable relationship comes a time when partisan differences run marrow-deep and many Democrats and Republicans view their parties not as vessels of collected interests but warring tribes locked in mortal conflict.
14 Expect the unexpected with maverick Uranus in the mix on the 23rd, and enjoy some companionable private time near the 27th.
15 From then on, their locker room atmosphere became more than just companionable.
16 Discovering a line in front of the payroll's clerk's window one day, Frankie companionably joined it.
一天, 弗兰基发现发工资的窗口前面有人排着队,它也跟着人们排队.