单词 | to match up to |
释义 | > as lemmasto match up to (also with) b. intransitive. To be equal with; to be suitably coupled with; †to correspond, be suitable to (obsolete). Also: to fit exactly or dovetail into (rare). Frequently in to match up to (also with): to equal, to be as good as or comparable with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > be equal or find one's match (of persons) make?a1300 to meet (also find) one's matchc1300 to be matchesa1470 match1536 parallela1594 paira1616 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equal to or match to be even witheOE match?1529 countervail1530 even1582 suit1583 patterna1586 amate1590 proportionate1590 parallela1594 fellow1596 to hold its level with1598 adequate1599 coequal1599 twin1605 paragonize1606 peer1614 to come upa1616 proportiona1616 paragon1620 parallelize1620 tail1639 to match up to (also with)1958 1536 J. Rastell Will in H. R. Plomer Abstr. Wills Eng. Printers (1903) 5 I make his grace and my poore neighbour Rauf Cressey myn executours not because he is able to match wt his moste noble grace but because [etc.]. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 32v But herein good heed must be taken, least we match and march with the greeke Sophister. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 39v It groweth..to suche a heyght, that it matcheth with indifferent Trees. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. iv. 130 To that end, as matching to his Youth and Vanitie, I did present him with the Paris-Balls. View more context for this quotation 1866 Duke of Argyll Reign of Law vii. 377 Other minds were working at the same time whose labours were to match with a curious fittingness into his. 1958 Times 18 Sept. 13/3 But Blanche can match up to Emily, indeed she surpasses her in the end. 1978 Gramophone Aug. 401/1 Quite a number use small loudspeakers which hardly match up with the quality obtainable from the rest. 1987 D. Rowe Beyond Fear xi. 385 People who are..trying to get rid of their hateful old self and find a new self which matches up to their impossibly high standards. < as lemmas |
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