2spokenUNFRIENDLY used to speak to a man in an unfriendly way 老兄,小子〔对男性不友好的称呼〕
Look, pal, I don’t want you hanging around.
喂,小子,我不许你在这儿闲逛。
Examples from the Corpus
pal• Nicholas was a pal of William's at school.• They'd been pals since childhood.• Oh, but pal - you're wrong.• Listen, pal, I know what I'm talking about, okay?• Eddie turned out to be a prettyabsent-mindedpal of the road.• The mysterypal held Sporty Spice's hand in a show of support as they left London's Kabaret club.• But his 11-year-old pal panicked because he was frightened of getting into trouble, it was revealedyesterday.• Were all his possepals going to diss him once word got out?• Thanks for helping us out, Frankie. You're a real pal.• Da Lench Mob are Ice Cube's pals.
old pal• See you again, old pal.• Clark preferred the old boynetwork, and settled on an old pal from the Ministry of Information, Robert Fraser.• There certainly was an old pal to visit, but General Kent did not choose to discuss it.• Who really stands to lose from the hydrogenengine, old pal?• If they lost he'd be out of a job, along with his old palFrank here.• Hey Matt, old pal, old buddy, this stuff got stolen from us, it was moving, interstatecommerce.• She took up with old pals like Carolyn Pride and Kate Menzies.
pal2 verb (palled, palling)
1pal aroundphrasal verbphr vAmerican EnglishAmEFRIEND if you pal around with someone, you do things together as friends 〔与某人〕结伴〔做某事〕
with
It was nice having someone to pal around with.
有人做伴真好。
2pal upphrasal verbphr vBritish EnglishBrEFRIEND to become someone’s friend 〔与某人〕结成朋友
with
She palled up with Neil while travelling round Europe.
在欧洲旅游的时候她和尼尔成了朋友。
Originpal1
(1600-1700)Romanyphral, phal“brother, friend”, from Sanskritbhratr“brother”