comrade: [16] Etymologically, one’s comrade is someone with whom one shares a room. The word came via French camerade from Spanish camarada ‘room-sharer’, a derivative of camara ‘room’, from Latin camera. Cameraderie is a 19th-century borrowing from French. => camaraderie, camera, chamber, chamberlain, chimney
comrade (n.)
1590s, "one who shares the same room," from Middle French camarade (16c.), from Spanish camarada "chamber mate," originally "chamberful," from Latin camera (see camera). In Spanish, a collective noun referring to one's company. In 17c., sometimes jocularly misspelled comrogue. Related: Comradely; comradeship.
双语例句
1. Mr Meridor's father was a comrade-in-arms of the party's founder.
梅里多先生的父亲是该党创始人的战友。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It goes without saying that we should help a comrade in difficulty.
同志有困难当然要帮助.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. Whenever a comrade needs help, he is ready to give it.
但凡同志们有困难, 他没有不热情帮助的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. He vowed to himself to avenge his martyred comrade.
他暗暗发誓要为牺牲的同志报仇.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. We can't remain indifferent when any comrade is in difficulty.
