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compadre的意思
compadre
英 [km'pɑdre]
美 [km'pɑdre]
- n. 朋友；密友
中文词源
compadre 老兄
com-, 强调。-padre, 父亲，词源同father. 原用于宗教义，教父，后用于口语，老兄。比较gossip.
英文词源
- compadre (n.)
- "companion," 1834, American English, from Spanish compadre "godfather," hence "benefactor, friend," from Medieval Latin compater, from com- "with" (see com-) + pater "father" (see father (n.). Compare compere, also gossip (n.).