buddy (informal, chiefly N. Amer.)(非正式, 主 北美) (pl. -ies)
a close friend 密友,好朋友 ■a working companion with whom close cooperation is required 亲密战友,搭档 ■used as a form of address to a man whose name is not known [用于称呼不知道名字的人]兄弟;老兄 I'm working on it, buddy. 我正在干着呢,老兄。 ■a person who befriends and helps another with an incapacitating disease, typically Aids (尤指帮助艾滋病人的)义工
(-ies, -ied)
[no obj.]become friendly and spend time with 与…成为朋友,与…结交 I decided to buddy up to them. 我决定和他们结交。
语源
mid 19th cent. (originally US): perhaps an alteration of brother, or a variant of butty