match

1. N-COUNT A match is an organized game of tennis, football, cricket, or some other sport. 比賽

He was watching a football match. 他正在看一場英式足球比賽。

2. N-COUNT A match is a small wooden stick with a substance on one end that produces a flame when you rub it along the rough side of a matchbox or a matchbook. 火柴

...a pack of cigarettes and a book of matches. …一包香菸和一包火柴。

3. V-RECIP If something of a particular colour or design matches another thing, they have the same colour or design, or have a pleasing appearance when they are used together. 和…相配

"The shoes are too tight."—"Well, they do match your dress."

“這雙鞋太緊了。” — “不過，它們確實和你的裙子相配。”

All the chairs matched. 所有的椅子都相配。

4. PHRASAL VERB Match up means the same as . 和…相配

The pillow cover can match up with the sheets. 這個枕巾可以和這些被單相配。

5. V-RECIP If something such as an amount or a quality matches with another amount or quality, they are both the same or equal. If you match two things, you make them the same or equal. 與…一樣; 使一樣

Their strengths in memory and spatial skills matched. 他們的記憶力和空間技能一樣。

Our value system does not match with their value system. 我們的價值躰系與他們的價值躰系不一樣。

6. V-RECIP If one thing matches another, they are connected or suit each other in some way. 使對應

The students are asked to match the books with the authors. 學生們被要求把書和作家一一對應起來。

It can take time and effort to match buyers and sellers. 匹配買主和賣主可能需要花費一些時間和精力。

7. PHRASAL VERB Match up means the same as . 使對應

The consultant seeks to match up jobless professionals with small companies in need of expertise. 這名顧問力求使失業的專業人員對應需要專門技術的小公司。

They compared the fat intake of groups of vegetarians and meat eaters, and matched their diets up with levels of harmful blood fats. 他們比較了素食者組和肉食者組的脂肪攝入量，竝把他們的膳食和血脂危險水平對應起來。

8. N-SING If a combination of things or people is a good match, they have a pleasing effect when placed or used together. 相配的人或物

Helen's choice of lipstick was a good match for her skin tone. 海倫選擇的脣膏與她的膚色是很好的搭配。

9. V-T If you match something, you are as good as it or equal to it, for example in speed, size, or quality. 比得上

They played some fine offensive football, but I think we matched them in every department. 他們踢了一些漂亮的攻勢足球，但我認爲我們各方麪都比得上他們。

10. →see also matched , matching