fel·low /ˈfɛ(ˌ)lo, lə(w)/
人,家夥;夥伴,同事;對等者,對手;一對中之一,配對物(a.)同伴的,同事的
fel·low /ˈfɛl(ˌ)o, ə(w)/ 名詞
Fel·low n.
1. A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.
The fellows of his crime. --Milton.
We are fellows still,
Serving alike in sorrow. --Shak.
That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude. --Gibbon.
Note: ☞ Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women.
2. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow. --Pope.
3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
It is impossible that ever Rome
Should breed thy fellow. --Shak.
4. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.
When they be but heifers of one year, . . . they are let go to the fellow and breed. --Holland.
This was my glove; here is the fellow of it. --Shak.
5. A person; an individual.
She seemed to be a good sort of fellow. --Dickens.
6. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
7. In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.
8. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Note: ☞ Fellow is often used in compound words, or adjectively, signifying associate, companion, or sometimes equal. Usually, such compounds or phrases are self-explanatory; as, fellow-citizen, or fellow citizen; fellow-student, or fellow student; fellow-workman, or fellow workman; fellow-mortal, or fellow mortal; fellow-sufferer; bedfellow; playfellow; workfellow.
Were the great duke himself here, and would lift up
My head to fellow pomp amongst his nobles. --Ford.
Fel·low v. t. To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Obs.]
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fellow
n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss" [syn: chap, feller,
lad, gent, fella, blighter, cuss]
2: a person who is frequently in the company of another;
"drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion,
comrade, familiar, associate]
3: a person who is member of your class or profession; "the
surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his
fellow hackers" [syn: colleague, confrere]
4: an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what
are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" [syn: buster]
5: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd
known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn: boyfriend,
beau, swain, young man]