pair

英[peə(r)]
美[per]

基本释义

n.
一双; 分两个相连接部分的物体; 一对(两个…); 一起拉车的两匹马
v.
使配对; 交配

词性变化

实用例句

a pair of gloves/shoes/earrings, etc.

一副手套、一双鞋、一对耳环等

牛津词典

a huge pair of eyes

一双大眼睛

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The vase is one of a matching pair .

这只花瓶是一对中的一只。

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a pair of trousers/pants/jeans, etc.

一条长裤、裤子、牛仔裤等

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a pair of glasses/binoculars/scissors, etc.

一副眼镜、一架双筒望远镜、一把剪刀等

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(informal)I've had enough of the pair of you!

你们俩让我烦透了!

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Get pairs of students to act out the dialogue in front of the class.

叫学生两人一组在课堂上演出这个对话。

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Get the students to do the exercise as pair work (= two students work together).

让学生两人一组做练习。

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a breeding pair

用于繁殖的一对

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a pair of swans

一对天鹅

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a carriage and pair

双驾马车

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We need an extra pair of hands if we're going to finish on time.

要想按时完成任务,我们就要再增加一个人。

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Colleagues regard him as a safe pair of hands (= sb who can be relied on to do a job well) .

同事认为他办事可靠。

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Students worked in pairs on the project.

学生两人一组做这个项目。

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Each blind student was paired with a sighted student.

每个盲人学员都配了一个有视力的学员。

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All the shoes on the floor were neatly paired.

地板上的鞋子都整齐成双地摆着。

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Many of the species pair for life.

许多物种都终生配对。

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It seemed that all her friends were pairing off.

好像她的朋友全都成双结对了。

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He's always trying to pair me off with his cousin.

他总想把我和他表弟配成一对。

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...a pair of socks.

一双袜子

...trainers that cost up to 90 pounds a pair...

售价高达90英镑一双的运动鞋

...a pair of faded jeans.

一条褪色的牛仔裤

...a pair of binoculars.

一副双筒望远镜

A pair of teenage boys were smoking cigarettes...

两个十来岁的男孩正在吸烟。

The pair admitted that their three-year-old marriage was going through 'a difficult time'...

那对夫妻承认他们3年的婚姻正在经历一个“困难期”。

The trainees will then be paired with experienced managers.

实习生随后将会与经验丰富的经理结成对子。

He has now held five cabinet posts and remains a safe pair of hands.

他现在担任5个内阁职位,仍是一个靠得住的人。

真题例句

The researchers, led by Martin Reimann, carried out a series of experiments to see if people would choose a smaller meal if it was paired with a non-food item.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Researchers also observed problems resulting from pairing interracial students in residences.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Some 10,000 pairs of the birds, called fulmars, a kind of Arctic seabird, make their nests on Devon Island, north at the Arctic circle.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The interracial roommates spent less time together, and had fewer joint activities than the white pairs.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

They generally spend more time together that white pairs

出自-2012年6月听力原文

After the first pair of tasks was completed, one group of participants was assigned an undemanding activity intended to cause their minds to wander.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

And instead of showing just the typical pair of eggs in a hummingbird nest, she painted four.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The company even provides mail-order repair kits and online videos, so that customers can learn how to fix a pair of jeans at home.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Their philosophy is that extending the life of a pair of jeans is not only great for the environment, but allows the consumer to get more value out of their product.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

To motivate visitors to bring in more old shoes, Adidas Brazil promotes the program in stores by showing videos to educate customers, and it even offers a discount each time a customer brings in an old pair of shoes.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

When all the participants proceeded to the second pair of tasks, the daydreamers performed 40% better than the others.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

When customers do want to toss their pair, they can give them back to the store, which will repurpose and resell them.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Au pair in Stamford, Conn, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese Au pairs from zero to around 4, 000 since 2004.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Chinese au pairs need to improve their english skills.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

How about a pair of running shoes?

2016年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

It is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Li Drake, a Chinese native raising two children in minnesota with an American husband, had another reason for looking for an au pair from China.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

No one can say which brand will work best for you or feel best on your feet, so you have to rely on your experience and on the feel of each pair as you shop.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

One of the latest trends in American childcare is Chinese AU pairs.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

To help determine the ingredients of attraction, researchers paired 164 college classmates and had them talk for 3, 6 or 10 minutes so they could get a sense of each other's individuality.

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

It’s like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

A pair of bills sponsored by Massachusetts state Senator Jason Lewis and House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad, to ensure "gender parity" on boards and commissions, provide a case in point.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The Supreme Court's opinion Thursday overruled a pair of decades-old decisions that states said cost them billions of dollars in lost revenue annually.

2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a set of two similar things considered as a unit

  • 2. two items of the same kind

  • 3. two people considered as a unit

  • 4. a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value

Verb
  • 1. form a pair or pairs;

    "The two old friends paired off"

  • 2. bring two objects, ideas, or people together;

    "This fact is coupled to the other one"

    "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"

    "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

  • 3. occur in pairs

  • 4. arrange in pairs;

    "Pair these numbers"

  • 5. make love;

    "Birds mate in the Spring"

同义词辨析

couple, pair

这两个名词均有"一对,一双"之意。

  • couple: 多指在一起或彼此有关系的两个人或两个同样的事物。
  • pair: 含义广泛,可指人或物。用于物时,指两个互属的事物,缺此或失彼都会失去使用价值,或指由相对称的两部分构成的一件东西。