matchmaker
英 [ˈmætʃmeɪkə(r)]
美 [ˈmætʃmeɪkər]
n. 媒人; 牵线搭桥的人; 红娘
复数：matchmakers
BNC.34621 / COCA.21603
同义词辨析
matchmakerbrokergo-betweenmediator【导航词义：中间人】
matchmakern. 媒人，红娘
〔辨析〕
指为男女婚恋牵线搭桥的人。
〔例证〕
Did a matchmaker play an important role in their marriage?
媒人在他们的婚姻中扮演了重要角色吗？
Emma believes she is an expert matchmaker.
埃玛认为自己是个很在行的红娘。
媒人在他们的婚姻中扮演了重要角色吗？
Emma believes she is an expert matchmaker.
埃玛认为自己是个很在行的红娘。
brokern. 经纪人，代理人
〔辨析〕
指证券外汇经纪人或为他人安排各种交易的代理人。
〔例证〕
He is looking for a real estate broker.
他正在寻找房地产经纪人。
他正在寻找房地产经纪人。
go-betweenn. 中间人，传话人
〔辨析〕
指为无法见面或不愿见面的双方传递信息的人。
〔例证〕
Who could serve as a go-between for the two delegations?
谁可以在这两个代表团之间斡旋呢？
I asked my boss to act as a go-between.
我请我的老板当中间人。
谁可以在这两个代表团之间斡旋呢？
I asked my boss to act as a go-between.
我请我的老板当中间人。
mediatorn. 调停者，调解人
〔辨析〕
指为发生争执的双方进行调解的人或机构。
〔例证〕
She acts as a mediator when we have a quarrel.
我们吵架时，她充当调解人。
The government was ready to play the role of a mediator between the U.S. delegation and its Russian counterpart.
该政府已准备好在美俄代表团之间充当调停者。
我们吵架时，她充当调解人。
The government was ready to play the role of a mediator between the U.S. delegation and its Russian counterpart.
该政府已准备好在美俄代表团之间充当调停者。
牛津词典
noun
- 媒人；牵线搭桥的人；红娘
a person who tries to arrange marriages or relationships between others
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 媒人;介绍人;月老
Amatchmakeris someone who tries to encourage people they know to form a romantic relationship or to get married.- The matchmaker has been an important member of Jewish communities for centuries...
数世纪以来，媒人一直在犹太人社区扮演着重要角色。 - Some friends played matchmaker and had us both over to dinner.
一些朋友牵线搭桥，把我们两个都请去赴宴。
- The matchmaker has been an important member of Jewish communities for centuries...
英英释义
noun
- someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
双语例句
- Yoko itamoto, a matchmaker who conducts state-funded field research on marriage, says husbands and wives often grow so distant that sex seems embarrassingly personal.
利用国家资金对婚姻进行实地研究的媒人板本洋子（yokoitamoto）表示，丈夫和妻子往往变得如此疏远，性似乎成了令人尴尬的私事。 - The gossip passes around Chinatown three times and reaches the ear of a matchmaker.
消息在唐人街绕了三圈儿，然后传到了媒人婆的耳朵里。 - I agree to go on a blind date as the matchmaker is my best friend.
我同意去相亲，因为媒人是我最好的朋友。 - If your friends have been promising to play matchmaker, ask them to do so now.
如果你的朋友一直许诺要给你牵线搭桥，让他们现在就去吧！ - Your friend said you were sort of a matchmaker.
你朋友说你是个媒人。 - Please don't try to be a matchmaker now, I am not a very good woman All I ever do is make men hate me* you and Ma, I could never make anyone happy, I understand this now.
现在请不要试图成为伙伴，我不是非常好的女人。我所做过的一切都使男人们恨我&你和马。我不能使任何人幸福，现在我明白了这一点。 - She is the village gossip and matchmaker.
她是村子里的长舌妇和媒婆。 - Finding the one Rich parents are increasingly playing matchmaker for their offspring, with varying success.
越来越多的有钱父母为子女充当媒人角色，而其成效不一。 - Some friends played matchmaker and had us both over to dinner.
一些朋友牵线搭桥，把我们两个都请去赴宴。 - A Study of "Matchmaker" Image of Scholar Beauty Novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
明清才子佳人小说中的媒妁形象研究