| 词汇 | helpmeet |
| 词源 | helpmeet. Helpmeet, “a companion or helper, a wife or hus- band,” is the source of the more familiar helpmate, meaning the same. Helpmeet is a misreading of the biblical Gen. 2:18, which refers to “a help meet for him,” meet in this sense actually meaning “suitable” (a “suitable help”). |
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