| 单词 | pair |
| 释义 | pair (once / 85 pages) 1nv 2v A pair is something that comes in a set of two — like a pair of shoes or a pair of tennis players who make great doubles partners. Pair can also work as a verb. Think of Noah pairing animals on the ark so he could save their species from the flood. And, along those same lines, the verb to pair is sometimes used to mean reproductive pairing (something pairs of shoes wouldn't dream of doing). WORD FAMILYpair: paired, pairing, pairs+/paired: unpaired/pairing: pairings USAGE EXAMPLES"You don't need a gun to try on a pair of jeans." Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) Gilbert spied a pair of trucks outfitted with machine guns and RPG launchers threatening the stranded Americans. Time(Dec 01, 2016) “I have a pair of handcuffs that are sitting on my bookshelf,” says Brune. Time(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n a set of two similar things considered as a unit Syn|Hypo|Hyper brace Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Tweedledum and Tweedledee any two people who are hard to tell apart set a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used 2n two people considered as a unit Hypo|Hyper couple, duet, duo, twosome a pair who associate with one another yokea pair of draft animals joined by a yoke same-sex marriagetwo people of the same sex who live together as a family assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place 3n two items of the same kind Syn|Hypo|Hyper brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, span, twain, twosome, yoke doubleton (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player 2, II, deuce, two the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number 4n a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value Hyper poker hand the 5 cards held in a game of poker 5v arrange in pairs Pair these numbers Syn|Hyper geminate geminate occur in pairs arrange, set up put into a proper or systematic order 6v bring two objects, ideas, or people together The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project Syn|Hypo|Hyper couple, match, mate, twin match give or join in marriage mismate provide with an unsuitable mate mismatchmatch badly; match two objects or people that do not go together bring together, join cause to become joined or linked 7v form a pair or pairs The two old friends paired off Syn|Hyper couple, pair off, partner off unify, unite act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief 8v occur in pairs 2Syn|Hyper geminate geminate arrange in pairs occur to be found to exist v engage in sexual intercourse Hypo|Hyper nick mate successfully; of livestock have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hayhave sexual intercourse with treadmate with serve, servicemate with have, takehave sex with; archaic use fornicatehave sex without being married standbe available for stud services conjoin, join make contact or come together |
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