单词 | to make a match |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a match a. A marriage or a marriage agreement, esp. one viewed as more or less advantageous with regard to wealth or social status. to make a match: to get married or make an arrangement to marry; (also) to bring two people together in love or marriage, by contriving or influence. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > make a match [verb (intransitive)] to make a match1547 matchmake1865 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] weda1225 marrya1325 spousec1390 to make matrimonyc1400 intermarry1528 contract1530 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535 to make a match1547 yoke1567 match1569 mate1589 to go to church (with a person)1600 to put one's neck in a noosec1600 paira1616 to join giblets1647 buckle1693 espouse1693 to change (alter) one's condition1712 to tie the knot1718 to marry out1727 to wedlock it1737 solemnize1748 forgather1768 unite1769 connubiate1814 conjugalize1823 connubialize1870 splice1874 to get hitched up1890 to hook up1903 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > viewed as more or less advantageous match1547 1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) sig. fvj S. Iuy kepeth proces in ye lawe. S. honory maketh matches. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xvi. 288 The common sort of men in making their matches this way haue chiefly two outward vntoward respects. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 284 His grace hath made the match . View more context for this quotation 1676 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 28 Twas a match of his friends and not his owne making. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 182. ⁋4 Whose hope is to raise themselves by a wealthy match. 1793 Marquis of Buckingham in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1896) 390 The match which is settled between Sir W. Young and Miss Talbot. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xlvii. 468 Matches are made in Heaven, they say. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) v. 52 I always supposed that Mrs. Lupin and you would make a match of it. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §4. 378 It was by a match with Henry Stuart that Mary determined to unite the forces of Catholicism. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse I. i. ii. 25 Although Don Luis was a quarter of a century older than his bride, still in the eyes of the world..the match had seemed a fortunate one. 1959 P. H. Johnson Unspeakable Skipton (1961) 183 Mark my words, they'll make a match of it again some day. 1987 W. Raeper George MacDonald vi. 65 There can be no doubt that the match was a good one as far as MacDonald and Louisa were concerned. < as lemmas |
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