companion

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

companion UK US [kəmˈpæn.jən] noun countable [ companions ]
 
PERSON

1. <A > a person you spend a lot of time with either because you are friends or because you are travelling together
• The dog has been her constant companion these past ten years.
• a travelling companion
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Friends, acquaintances and contemporaries
2. old use in the past, a young woman who was paid to care for and provide friendship for an old or ill woman, especially while she was travelling
Thesaurus⁺: ↑People who help or serve people professionally ↑Helpers and accomplices
 
• She went travelling with a female companion.
• Mabel will be a good companion for my mother.
• He was hired to act as Gerald's companion.
• He has been her constant companion for over fifty years.
 
OBJECT
3. old-fashioned either of two matching objects
• I've still got one of the candlesticks but I've lost its companion.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Groups of things according to number
 
BOOK
4. used in the title of the type of book which gives you information on a particular subject or tells you how to do something
• the Music Lover's Companion
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Kinds of books

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fellow traveler, fellow traveller, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate, company, accompany, keep company