| 单词 | to be matches |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be matches a. A person or thing able to contend with another as an equal. Chiefly in phrases: to meet (also †find) one's match: to encounter or come up against one's equal, esp. in strength or ability. to be (also prove oneself) a match for: to be (or prove oneself) equal to. to be more than a match for: to be superior in strength or ability to. †to be matches: (of two people) to be equal in strength or prowess (obsolete).In later use often overlapping with sense 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > be equal or find one's match (of persons) make?a1300 to meet (also find) one's matchc1300 to be matchesa1470 match1536 parallela1594 paira1616 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition > viewed in terms of equality of parties matchc1300 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival matchc1400 to hold, rarely have, tack with (to)1412 equalize15.. mate1509 touch1530 to hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack)1555 equal1590 egall1591 countermatch1600 to weigh with (also even with)1600 emulate1602 side1605 compeer1608 pair1619 mount1628 amate1642 to hold weight witha1643 to be (also prove oneself) a match for1712 peel1726 to hold the sticks toa1817 to bear or stand comparison with1845 see1861 tie1888 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] overcomeeOE forecomec1000 overwieldlOE masterc1225 overmaistrie1340 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 surmount1390 to have the fairer (of)c1400 maistriec1400 overmasterc1425 winc1440 overc1485 bestride1526 rixlec1540 overreach1555 control1567 overmate1567 govern1593 to give (a person) the lurch1598 get1600 to gain cope of1614 top1633 to fetch overa1640 down1641 to have the whip hand (of)1680 carberry1692 to cut down1713 to be more than a match for1762 outflank1773 outmaster1799 outgeneral1831 weather1834 best1839 fore-reach1845 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 scoop1850 euchrec1866 bemaster1871 negotiate1888 to do down1900 to get (someone) wetc1926 lick1946 c1300 St. James Great (Harl.) 48 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 59 Þe schrewe fond his macche þo. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 13563 Þat wel couþe feighte, he fond his mecche. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 581 ‘I gyff you leve to go where ye lyst.’ ‘Gramercy,’ seyde kynge Marke, ‘for ye and I be no macchis.’ a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) 1607 Neuyr yit er my mache I founde. ?1556 (a1500) Knight of Curtesy (Copland) sig. B.iiiv His mache coulde he no where finde. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. ii. iii. x. 96 Hannibal..met with his match, and was subdued at last. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. xiv. 75 Men that are not able matches to their passions. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 297. ¶6 The Hero in the Paradise Lost is unsuccessful, and by no means a Match for his Enemies. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 23 I fancy myself at present..more than a match for all that can happen. 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. iv. 58 If the rival manufactures are a match for each other, let them fight it out. 1871 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) II. 362 The honourable man who will pay his debts is no match for the dis-honourable man who will not. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §1. 347 So long as Henry supported him,..he [sc. Thomas Cromwell] was more than a match..for his foes. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 26 You haven't been slow on the job if you only started this morning. Maybe dear Adelbert has met his match this time. 1974 J. McGahern Leavetaking ii. 128 Jason's parents tried to stop the wedding, but they were no match for my father. < as lemmas |
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