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

• They equipped themselves with a pair of sharp axes and set off for the forest.
  他们带上两把锋利的斧子便朝森林走去。
• 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's always trying to pair me off with his cousin.
  他总想把我和他表弟配成一对。
• The queen felt cold steel slide beneath her, a pair of great armored arms lifting her off the ground, lifting her up into the air as easily as she had lifted Joffrey when he was still a babe.
  太后感觉到冰冷的钢铁滑到她身下，一双装甲的巨大手臂环绕身下抱起了她，非常轻松地将她举向空中，就像乔佛里还是婴儿时她抱他一样。
• But at weekends we would pair off.
  但是在周末我们可能成双成对的出去。
• This is the season when birds pair off.
  这是鸟类交配的季节。
• The pair were then bundled off to a neighbour's house by waiting police
  留守的警察随后把夫妇俩打发到邻居家去了。
• 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。
• 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。
• A pair of reapers help fend off the attack.
  几个收割者辅助攻击这些小狗。