名複: matches
match1
KK: [mætʃ] DJ: [mætʃ]
n.[C]
- 比賽,競賽
- 對手,敵手;相配者[S][(+for)]
- 婚姻
vt.
- 使較量,使比賽[(+against/with)]
- 敵得過,比得上[(+for/in)]
- 和……相配,和……相稱
- 使比較;使成對,使相配[(+with)]
- 使結婚
vi.
- 相配,相適合[(+up)]
- 結婚
片語
make a match
- 結婚
match up
- (使)相配
match up to
- 比得上
meet one's match
- 遇到敵手
辨析
同義:
n.比賽;競爭
contest battle engagement encounter game sport playn.相配;成雙;互補物
duplicate twin double companion mate fellow counterpart complement equivalent equal以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
match1
n.
- a contest in which people or teams compete against each other.
- a person or thing able to contend with another as an equal.
- a person or thing that resembles or corresponds to another. ▸Computing a string that fulfils the specified conditions of a computer search.▸a pair that corresponds or is very similar.
- a person viewed in regard to their eligibility for marriage. ▸a marriage.
v.
- correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.
- be equal to in quality or strength. ▸equalize (two coupled electrical impedances) so as to bring about the maximum transfer of power from one to the other.
- place in contest or competition with another.
- (match someone with) archaic bring about the marriage of someone to.
Derivative
- matchable adj.
- matching adj.
Etymology
OE gemæcca ‘mate, companion’, of W. Gmc origin.
match2
n.
- a short, thin piece of wood or cardboard used to light a fire, being tipped with a composition that ignites when rubbed against a rough surface.
- historical a piece of wick or cord designed to burn at a uniform rate, used for firing a cannon or lighting gunpowder.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. meche, perh. from L. myxa ‘spout of a lamp’, later ‘lamp wick’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》