Match

[mætʃ]

解释:

(noun.) lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; 'he always carries matches to light his pipe'; 'as long you've a lucifer to light your fag'.

(noun.) an exact duplicate; 'when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook'.

(noun.) a burning piece of wood or cardboard; 'if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode'.

(noun.) something that resembles or harmonizes with; 'that tie makes a good match with your jacket'.

(noun.) a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete.

(noun.) the score needed to win a match.

(verb.) be equal or harmonize; 'The two pieces match'.

(verb.) make correspond or harmonize; 'Match my sweater'.

(verb.) bring two objects, ideas, or people together; 'This fact is coupled to the other one'; 'Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?'; 'The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project'.

(verb.) provide funds complementary to; 'The company matched the employees' contributions'.

(verb.) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; 'The two stories don't agree in many details'; 'The handwriting checks with the signature on the check'; 'The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun'.

(verb.) give or join in marriage.

录入:厄普顿--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.

(v.) A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.

(v.) A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like

(v.) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.

(v.) A matrimonial union; a marriage.

(v.) An agreement, compact, etc.

(v.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

(v.) Equality of conditions in contest or competition.

(v.) Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.

(v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.

(v. t.) To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.

(v. t.) To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.

(v. t.) To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.

(v. t.) To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.

(v. t.) To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).

(v. t.) To marry; to give in marriage.

(v. t.) To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.

(v. i.) To be united in marriage; to mate.

(v. i.) To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.

编辑:斯坦利

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Rival, be equal to.[2]. Adapt, suit, fit, proportion.[3]. Marry, give in marriage.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Equal, mate, companion, contest, competition, tally, equality, pair

ANT:Superior, inferior, mismatch, oddity, disparity, inequality

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解释:

n. a piece of inflammable material which easily takes or carries fire: a prepared rope for firing a gun &c.: a lucifer.—ns. Match′-box a box for holding matches; Match′lock the lock of a musket containing a match for firing it: a musket so fired; Match′wood wood cut down to a size suitable for making matches: wood broken into small pieces; Quick′-match a match made of threads of cotton and steeped in various inflammable substances so as to burn a yard in thirteen seconds; Safe′ty-match a match which will only light when rubbed on a specially prepared surface; Slow′-match a match made to burn at the rate of from four to five inches in an hour for blasting &c.

n. anything which agrees with or suits another thing: an equal: one able to cope with another: a contest or game: a pairing a marriage: one to be gained in marriage.—v.i. to be of the same make size &c. to correspond: to form a union with.—v.t. to be equal to to set a counterpart to anything: to be able to compete with: to find an equal to: to set against as equal: to suit: to give in marriage.—adj. Match′able.—ns. Match′board a board with a tongue cut along one edge and a groove in the opposite edge their joining being called a Match′-joint; Match′er.—adj. Match′less having no match or equal: superior to all: peerless: unpaired.—adv. Match′lessly.—ns. Match′lessness; Match′-mak′er one who makes matches: one who plans to bring about marriages.

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