pair
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.
- 2.
Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
Spouses should make a great pair.
- 3.
Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts).
a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans
- 4.
A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.
- 5.
(card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
- 6.
(cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
Đồng nghĩa: pair of spectacles, spectacles
- 7.
(informal)(baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
They turned a pair to end the fifth.
- 8.
(informal)(baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.
- 9.
(rowing) A boat for two sweep rowers.
- 10.
(slang)A pair of breasts.
She's got a gorgeous pair.
- 11.
(slang)A pair of testicles.
Grow a pair, mate.
- 12.
(Australia)(Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To group into one or more sets of two.
The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party.
- 2.
(computing) to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth.
It was not possible to pair my smartphone with an incompatible smartwatch.
- 3.
(transitive)To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
- 4.
(intransitive)To come together for mating.
- 5.
(slang)(politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
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(intransitive)To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
- 7.
(obsolete, transitive)To impair, to make worse.
- 8.
(intransitive, obsolete)To become worse, to deteriorate.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria (equals), neuter plural of par (pair). Related to pār (equal). Compare Poor, pear, paar, Paar, paio