roommate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++room·mate, room-mate /ˈruːmˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm-/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 LIVE WITH somebodysomeone who you share a room with, especially at college 〔尤指大学里的〕室友 one of my college roommates 我大学里的一个室友2. American EnglishLIVE WITH somebody someone you share an apartment or house with 同住一套公寓[一幢房子]的人 SYN British English flatmate
Examples from the Corpus
roommate• They became roommates, not lovers.• I ran into my old college roommate today.• I shared a taxicab with the Stephens College student and her roommate, who had come to meet her at the airport.• He and his co-Web site founders, who are also his roommates, will graduate in May.• Charity Chin, my roommate, is sitting on the floor drinking Chablis out of a plastic wineglass.• I came out to my roommate.• I had just moved in late December, fleeing a nightmare roommate situation in the Village.• We were roommates back in Chicago.room·mate nounChineseSyllable
who especially you with, someone college Corpus at share a room
roommate
room‧mate
, ˈroom-mate /ˈruːmˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm-/ noun [countable]
1. someone who you share a room with, especially at college:
one of my college roommates
2. American English someone you share an apartment or house with
SYN flatmate British English
room‧mate
, ˈroom-mate /ˈruːmˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm-/ noun [countable]1. someone who you share a room with, especially at college:
2. American English someone you share an apartment or house with
SYN flatmate British English