Match

(noun.) lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; 'he always carries matches to light his pipe'; 'as long you've a lucifer to light your fag'.

(noun.) an exact duplicate; 'when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook'.

(noun.) a burning piece of wood or cardboard; 'if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode'.

(noun.) something that resembles or harmonizes with; 'that tie makes a good match with your jacket'.

(noun.) a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete.

(noun.) the score needed to win a match.

(verb.) be equal or harmonize; 'The two pieces match'.

(verb.) make correspond or harmonize; 'Match my sweater'.

(verb.) bring two objects, ideas, or people together; 'This fact is coupled to the other one'; 'Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?'; 'The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project'.

(verb.) provide funds complementary to; 'The company matched the employees' contributions'.

(verb.) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; 'The two stories don't agree in many details'; 'The handwriting checks with the signature on the check'; 'The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun'.

(verb.) give or join in marriage.

录入:厄普顿

• There is more in it than thou dost guess, Conrade; thy simplicity is no match for this deep abyss of wickedness. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I am not a match for you gentlemen. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Might I ask you, Watson, to open that window, and then to put a match to the edge of the straw? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Poririer, a Frenchman, invented a machine for making match boxes of pasteboard. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• If the atmosphere were composed of oxygen alone, the merest flicker of a match would set the whole world ablaze. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Which side won the last match, Teddy? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Canler was a splendid match. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• My new fan just matches my flowers, my gloves fit to a charm, and the real lace on Aunt's mouchoir gives an air to my whole dress. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• In 1833 phosphorus friction matches were introduced on a commercial scale by Preschel, of Vienna. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• By other means, a swing blade, for instance, the matches were all severed from the block. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Perhaps I have thrown six--have you any matches? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Pray do not make any more matches. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Like considerations would apply to railways, antiseptic surgery, or friction matches. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• But this one living grain in him matched the perfect youth in her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• These Italians were also very mannered and matched manners with the two we had collected before. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• There they were, matched, ever afterwards! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Well, he would about have matched that woman's face, when she said, 'I forbid the banns. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• But Precedent and Precipitate were, under all circumstances, the well-matched pair of battle-horses of this able Circumlocutionist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I saw you matched against an Apollyon of a predilection; you fought a good fight, and you overcame! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• They were armed with crooked sabres, having the hilt and baldric inlaid with gold, and matched with Turkish daggers of yet more costly workmanship. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He started for the Shivering Sand, at a rate that my legs (though well enough preserved for my time of life) had no hope of matching. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• On Egdon, coldest and meanest kisses were at famine prices, and where was a mouth matching hers to be found? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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