helpmeet是什么意思

helpmeet

英 ['helpmi:t]***美

中文词源

helpmeet 伙伴

来自圣经an help meet for Adam,即Eve.help,帮助，meet,古义形容词匹配的，合适的，词源同match.后来连写在一起，再后来讹误成helpmate.

helpmeet (n.): as two words in the 1611 Bible, a noun-adjective phrase; hyphenated and mistaken as a modified noun by 1670s; see helpmate.