matchmaker
英 [ˈmætʃˌmeɪ.kər]
美 [ˈmætʃˌmeɪ.kɚ]
- n. 媒人；安排比赛的人；火柴制造者
中文词源
matchmaker 媒人
match,匹配，配偶，maker,产生，制造。比喻用法。
英语词源
- matchmaker (n.)
- also match-maker, "marriage-broker," 1630s, from match (n.2) + maker. Related: Match-making.
权威例句
- 1. Some friends played matchmaker and had us both over to dinner.
- 一些朋友牵线搭桥，把我们两个都请去赴宴。
- 2. The matchmaker has been an important member of Jewish communities for centuries.
- 数世纪以来，媒人一直在犹太人社区扮演着重要角色。
- 3. What a fine matchmaker Mrs. Wang had turned out to be!
- 汪太太做得好媒人!
- 4. The little boy began to scream and kick. The matchmaker took him outside.
- 小小的孩子也哭了,手脚乱舞的, 可是老妇人终于给他拉到小门外去.
- 5. Liu Tung - fang had once asked Mrs. Wang to act as matchmaker for his sister.
- 刘东方有一次托汪太太为妹妹做媒.