pal
pal — 名詞
- palsingular
- palsplural
1. someone you know well and like spending time with, especially in a relaxed and c
好友；夥伴
熟識且常一起活動的朋友
someone you know well and like spending time with, especially in a relaxed and casual way.
Marcus invited a few old pals over to watch the football match.
Marcus 邀了幾個老夥伴來家裡看那場足球賽。
collocation: old pal
Lina has been my best pal since we shared a desk in primary school.
Lina 從我們小學同桌起就是我最好的朋友。
collocation: best pal
The two boys became pals after fixing a broken bike together.
兩個男孩一起修好一台壞掉的腳踏車後，就成了好朋友。
become pals + after-clause
Carlos brought a pal from work to the rooftop party on Saturday.
Carlos 週六帶了一位公司的朋友來頂樓派對。
pal from [place]
Maya writes long letters to her pen pal in Kyoto every month.
Maya 每個月都寫長信給她在京都的筆友。
compound: pen pal
- old pal
- best pal
- close pal
- drinking pal
- pen pal
文法句型
pal of [someone]
[possessive] pal
用法筆記
Informal register — common in spoken English and casual writing, less suitable for formal essays or business emails. Often modified by 'old', 'best', 'good', or 'close'.
常見錯誤
2. a word used when calling out to an unknown man — occasionally with warmth, thoug
老兄；喂
對陌生男子的稱呼，可親切或不悅
a word used when calling out to an unknown man — occasionally with warmth, though more often with irritation when he is doing something that bothers you.
Back off, pal — that parking space belongs to my mother.
退後點，老兄，那個停車位是我媽的。
hostile vocative followed by a warning
Hey pal, you dropped your wallet by the bench.
嘿，老兄，你的錢包掉在長椅旁邊了。
friendly vocative to a stranger
Listen, pal, I've already told you to keep the music down.
聽好，老兄，我已經叫你把音樂關小聲了。
annoyed warning to a stranger
Watch where you're going, pal — you nearly knocked my coffee over.
走路看清楚點，老兄，你差點把我的咖啡撞翻了。
annoyed vocative after a near-accident
- listen, pal
- hey pal
- back off, pal
- watch it, pal
文法句型
used vocatively: '..., pal.'
用法筆記
Used vocatively (calling out to someone), almost always to a male stranger. Tone depends entirely on context: a soft 'hey pal' can be warm, while 'listen, pal' before a complaint is confrontational. Distinguish from sense 1, which names a friend rather than addresses a stranger.
常見錯誤
pal — 動詞
- palpresent simple I / you / we / they
- pals3rd person singular
- paling-ing form
- paledpast simple
1. to spend time with someone in a friendly way, behaving like close companions; us
結交；廝混
和某人以朋友身份相處或玩在一起
to spend time with someone in a friendly way, behaving like close companions; usually used with 'around' or 'up with'.
The new intern quickly palled around with the design team during lunch breaks.
新來的實習生很快就在午休時間和設計團隊打成一片。
pal around with [group]
Marcus and Diego palled up the moment they met at summer camp.
Marcus 和 Diego 在夏令營一見面就立刻成了好朋友。
pal up: become friends quickly
Priya used to pal around with the kids who lived on her street.
Priya 以前常和住在同一條街上的孩子一起玩。
past habit + with-phrase
Sarah palled up with two classmates from her chemistry lab last semester.
Sarah 上學期和化學實驗課的兩個同學成了好朋友。
pal up with + named group
- pal around with
- pal up with
- start palling around
文法句型
pal around with [someone]
pal up with [someone]
用法筆記
Almost always appears with a particle: 'pal around (with)' for spending casual time together, or 'pal up (with)' for forming a friendship. The bare verb 'to pal' on its own is unusual in modern English.
常見錯誤
同根字
- pally形容詞C1
- pen pal名詞B1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- pen pal
- drinking pal
- school pal
常用片語
- old pal
- best pal
- close pal
- listen, pal
- hey pal
介系詞搭配
- pal of
- pal from
- pal around with
- pal up with