Companion

Definition

companion /kǝm'pæniǝn/ n ၁။ (က) အေဖာ္။ အေဖာ္အေလွာ္။ my companions on the journey ❍ A dog is a faithful companion. ❍ ( fig ) Fear was the hostage's constant companion. (ခ) ေသြးေသာက္။ ေရာင္းရင္း။ ရဲေဘာ္ရဲဘက္။ companions in arms (ie soldiers serving together) ❍ companions in misfortune (ie people suffering together). (ဂ) အေဖာ္အဖက္။ She's an excellent companion. ❍ They're drinking companions (ie They often go out drinking together). ❍ His brother is not much of a companion for him. ၂။ သူအို၊ သူနာေစာင့္။ to take a post as a paid companion. ၃။ အတြဲအဖက္။ The companion volume will soon be published. ၄။ လက္စြဲ(စာအုပ္)။ the Gardener's Companion. ❏ companionable adj ေပါင္း၍သင္း၍ေကာင္းေသာ။ ခင္မင္ ေဖာ္ေရြေသာ။ ❏ companionship n [U] အေပါင္းအသင္းအျဖစ္။ မိတ္ေဆြ အျဖစ္။ the companionship of old friends ❍ She turned to me for companionship.

Examples

1. A travelling companion
2. The dog soon became my constant companion.
3. Have you seen the companion to this glove?
4. A cookery book will be published as a companion volume to his television series.
5. A copy of the Feminist Companion to English Literature