pal
noun /pæl/
/pæl/
- (informal, becoming old-fashioned) a friend
朋友;伙伴;哥们儿 - We've been pals for years.
我们是多年的哥们儿了。
Topics Family and relationshipsc2- She became quite good pals with the woman in the shop.
她和店里的那个女人成了很好的朋友。 - Thanks—you're a real pal.
谢了,你真够哥们儿。
- We've been pals for years.
- (informal) used to address a man in an unfriendly way
(对男子的不友好的称呼)家伙,小子 - If you try to take what's mine, pal, I'll make you sorry!
如果你想拿走我的东西,伙计,我会让你后悔的!
- If you try to take what's mine, pal, I'll make you sorry!
词源late 17th cent.: from Romany, ‘brother, mate’, based on Sanskrit bhrātṛ ‘brother’.