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

• He follows them to the corner of the building, then sees them accompanied by a larger pair of footprints heading off into the desert.
  他跟真它来到了房子的角上，之后看到了它跟着一个大脚印进入了沙漠。
• I suppose Mr Lin will pair off with Miss Wang in the end.
  我料想到头来林先生总会和王小姐结成夫妇。
• A pair of reapers help fend off the attack.
  几个收割者辅助攻击这些小狗。
• He tried to pair me off with his sister.
  他极力想要我与他的妹妹拍拖。
• 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。
• Rangers and volunteers from Yosemite Search and Rescue were told that a pair of BASE jumpers were missing off Taft Point.
  巡护员们和从优胜美地搜救组织来的志愿者们被告知有两位定点跳伞者在塔夫点下失踪。
• We tried to pair Mary and Robert off.
  我们曾设法使玛丽和罗伯特结为一对。
• An annual freshman icebreaker called "Dickerella," in which women and men pair off for trips to a local burger Joint named Dick's, has become a farce.
  一年一度使新生气氛活跃的活动叫“迪克莱拉”，在活动中男女生配成对一起到当地一个汉堡包快餐店去就餐，这项活动已经成了滑稽的事。
• 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。
• But at weekends we would pair off.
  但是在周末我们可能成双成对的出去。