pair off

英 [peə(r) ɒf]

美 [per ɔːf]

（使）成对儿，（使）成双（常指成为恋人）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-RECIP-ERG （使）成对儿，（使）成双（常指成为恋人）
  When peoplepair offorare paired off, they form a pair, often in order to become girlfriend and boyfriend.
  1. I knew she wouldn't be able to resist pairing me off with someone...
     我知道她忍不住要将我和某人撮合到一块儿。
  2. The squad members paired off to find places to eat and sleep.
     小组成员结对儿找地方吃饭睡觉。

英英释义

verb

• form a pair or pairs
  1. The two old friends paired off
  Synonym:pairpartner offcouple

双语例句

• All the tennis players had to pair off for a round of doubles matches.
  所有的乒乓球运动员都得组对打一轮双打。
• I suppose Mr Lin will pair off with Miss Wang in the end.
  我料想到头来林先生总会和王小姐结成夫妇。
• They found that if isolated from the opposite sex, same sex birds will pair off with each other.
  他们发现，在与异性隔离的情况之下，同性的鸟类将会与彼此结成伴侣。
• Lo and behold, there was something thematterwith the great clock; and a workman on a pair of steps had taken its face off, and was poking instruments into the works by the light of a candle!
  哎哟，你看，大钟出了点什么事，一位站在梯子上的工人已把钟面卸下，现在正借着一支烛光，把工具戳进机械中去！
• He follows them to the corner of the building, then sees them accompanied by a larger pair of footprints heading off into the desert.
  他跟真它来到了房子的角上，之后看到了它跟着一个大脚印进入了沙漠。
• I knew she wouldn't be able to resist pairing me off with someone
  我知道她忍不住要将我和某人撮合到一块儿。
• The disadvantage of class B operation is a large amount of "crossover distortion", which occurs when one tube of the push-pull pair cuts off and the other turns on.
  的缺点B级操作大量的“交越失真”，这发生在一个管推挽对切断和其他打开。
• An annual freshman icebreaker called "Dickerella," in which women and men pair off for trips to a local burger Joint named Dick's, has become a farce.
  一年一度使新生气氛活跃的活动叫“迪克莱拉”，在活动中男女生配成对一起到当地一个汉堡包快餐店去就餐，这项活动已经成了滑稽的事。
• When each of them has a pair of jeans, they are off like birds on the wing.
  当他们都有了一条牛仔裤的时候，他们就像飞着的鸟一样跑远了。
• And psychologists say ambitious younger women are also becoming less likely to pair off with someone significantly older than them.
  同时，事业上春风得意的年轻女子也开始不愿意找年长许多的男人。