matey
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mat·ey1 /ˈmeɪti/ adjective British English informal FRIENDLYbehaving as if you were someone’s friend 友好的；亲近的；亲热的matey with She’s been very matey with the boss lately. 她近来跟老板很亲近。
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matey• He is not a matey deity who shines a flashlight into some dark corner of his recalcitrant universe on demand.matey2 noun British English informal MANTALK TO somebodyused by men as a very informal or disrespectful way of speaking to another man 伙计〔男子之间十分随便或不礼貌的称呼〕Examples from the Corpus
matey• Arrgh, matey, who could have expected finding a buried displeasure here? 12: 38.• You're talking walk in the park, matey!• Well matey, you'd better write to Vicky then!mat·ey1 adjectivematey2 nounChineseSyllable
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mat‧ey1 /ˈmeɪti/ 
adjective British English informal
behaving as if you were someone’s friend
matey with
She’s been very matey with the boss lately.
matey2 noun British English informal
used by men as a very informal or disrespectful way of speaking to another man
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adjective British English informalbehaving as if you were someone’s friend
matey with
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noun British English informalused by men as a very informal or disrespectful way of speaking to another man