matchmaker

matchmaker

　　美 ['mætʃ'mekɚ]

n. 媒人；安排比賽的人；火柴制造者

中文詞源：

matchmaker 媒人

match,匹配，配偶，maker,產生，制造。比喻用法。

例句：

1. Some friends played matchmaker and had us both over to dinner.
一些朋友牽線搭橋，把我們兩個都請去赴宴。

2. The matchmaker has been an important member of Jewish communities for centuries.
數世紀以來，媒人一直在猶太人社區扮演著重要角色。

3. What a fine matchmaker Mrs. Wang had turned out to be!
汪太太做得好媒人!

4. The little boy began to scream and kick. The matchmaker took him outside.
小小的孩子也哭瞭,手腳亂舞的, 可是老婦人終於給他拉到小門外去.

5. Liu Tung - fang had once asked Mrs. Wang to act as matchmaker for his sister.
劉東方有一次托汪太太為妹妹做媒.