pair

英 [pe?] 美[p?r]

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復(fù)數(shù):?pairs;第三人稱單數(shù):?pairs;過去式:?paired;過去分詞:?paired;現(xiàn)在分詞:?pairing;

pair 成雙，一對(duì)

來自拉丁語par,對(duì)等，雙，對(duì)，詞源同part,peer.

pair: pair: [13] Like English par [17], parity [16], and peer ‘noble’ [13], pair comes ultimately from Latin pār ‘equal’, a word of unknown origin. Its derivative paria ‘equal things, similar things’ passed into English via Old French paire. Other English descendants of Latin pār include compare, disparage [14], nonpareil [15], and umpire.
=> compare, disparage, nonpareil, par, parity, peer, umpire
pair (v.): "to come together with another; be mated or married" (intransitive), also "to make a pair by matching" (transitive), c. 1600, from pair (n.). These senses now often are distinguished by pair off (c. 1803) for the former and pair up (1908) for the latter. Related: Paired; pairing.
pair (n.): mid-13c., "two of a kind coupled in use," from Old French paire "pair, couple," and directly from Medieval Latin paria "equals," neuter plural of Latin par (genitive paris) "a pair, counterpart, equal," noun use of par (adj.) "equal, equal-sized, well-matched" (see par (n.)). Originally of things. Of persons from late 14c. Meaning "a woman's breasts" is attested from 1922. Pair bond (v.) is first attested 1940, in reference to birds mating.

1. On the mantelpiece are a pair of bronze Ming vases.: 壁爐臺(tái)上是一對(duì)明代的青銅花瓶。

2. Eventually they reached a pair of ornately carved doors.: 他們最終來到一扇雕刻精美的對(duì)開門前。

3. His surgical instruments were a knife and a pair of pincers.: 他的外科手術(shù)器械是一把刀和一把鉗子。