consort

v.陪伴

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
consort (noun)
1.
- associate
2.
a ship accompanying another
3.
- spouse compare prince consort queen consort
consort (noun)
1.
- conjunction association he ruled in consort with his father
2.
- group assembly a consort of specialists
3.
a) a group of singers or instrumentalists performing together
b) a set of musical instruments of the same family
consort (verb)
transitive verb
1.
- unite associate
2.
intransitive verb
obsolete - escort
1.
to keep company - consorting with criminals
2.
obsolete to make harmony - play
3.
- accord harmonize the illustrations consort admirably with the text Times Literary Supplement
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
consort (noun)
1.
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
SYNONYMS:
array, band, batch, battery, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, clutch, consort, constellation, crop, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, parcel, party, passel
RELATED WORDS:
assembly, collective, congregation, gathering, muster, organization; circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set; faction, guild ( gild), order, school, sect; brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team; alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union; battalion, squadron; bevy, brood, covey
NEAR ANTONYMS:
individual, single
consort (noun)
2.
an organized group of singers
SYNONYMS:
choir, chorale, consort, glee club
RELATED WORDS:
ensemble; minstrelsy
consort (noun)
the person to whom another is married
SYNONYMS:
better half, consort, mate, partner, significant other
RELATED WORDS:
soul mate; domestic partner; bridegroom, groom, hubby, husband, man, mister, old man; bride, helpmate, helpmeet, lady, wife
NEAR ANTONYMS:
ex; single; bachelor; bachelorette, maid, maiden, spinster
consort (verb)
1.
to come or be together as friends
SYNONYMS:
chum, company, consociate, consort, fraternize, hang (around out), hobnob, hook up, mess around, pal (around), run, sort, travel
RELATED WORDS:
affiliate, ally, attach, band, bond, club, collaborate, collude, confederate, conjoin, connect, cooperate, couple, gang, get along, get on, group, interrelate, join, knot, league, link, mingle, mix, rally, relate, side, socialize, team, tie, wed; befriend, friend
NEAR ANTONYMS:
avoid, cold-shoulder, shun, snub; alienate, estrange; break up, disband, disperse, split (up); disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divorce, sever, split, sunder
consort (verb)
2.
to form a pleasing relationship
SYNONYMS:
agree, assort, blend, chime, chime in, conform, consort, coordinate, groove
RELATED WORDS:
balance, correlate, correspond, dovetail, hang together, match; meet, parallel; bond, coalesce, cohere, conjoin, fuse, merge, square, tally
NEAR ANTONYMS:
contradict, contrast, counter, differ, diverge, jar; cancel (out), counteract, negate, offset
clash, collide, conflict
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