pair

英 [peə] 美[pɛr]

基本词汇中高频词CET6考研TEM4CET4

复数: pairs;第三人称单数: pairs;过去式: paired;过去分词: paired;现在分词: pairing;

pair 成双，一对

来自拉丁语par,对等，双，对，词源同part,peer.

pair: pair: [13] Like English par [17], parity [16], and peer ‘noble’ [13], pair comes ultimately from Latin pār ‘equal’, a word of unknown origin. Its derivative paria ‘equal things, similar things’ passed into English via Old French paire. Other English descendants of Latin pār include compare, disparage [14], nonpareil [15], and umpire.
=> compare, disparage, nonpareil, par, parity, peer, umpire
pair (v.): "to come together with another; be mated or married" (intransitive), also "to make a pair by matching" (transitive), c. 1600, from pair (n.). These senses now often are distinguished by pair off (c. 1803) for the former and pair up (1908) for the latter. Related: Paired; pairing.
pair (n.): mid-13c., "two of a kind coupled in use," from Old French paire "pair, couple," and directly from Medieval Latin paria "equals," neuter plural of Latin par (genitive paris) "a pair, counterpart, equal," noun use of par (adj.) "equal, equal-sized, well-matched" (see par (n.)). Originally of things. Of persons from late 14c. Meaning "a woman's breasts" is attested from 1922. Pair bond (v.) is first attested 1940, in reference to birds mating.

2. Eventually they reached a pair of ornately carved doors.: 他们最终来到一扇雕刻精美的对开门前。

3. His surgical instruments were a knife and a pair of pincers.: 他的外科手术器械是一把刀和一把钳子。