match,匹配，配偶，maker,产生，制造。比喻用法。

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. What a fine matchmaker Mrs. Wang had turned out to be!

汪太太做得好媒人!

来自汉英文学 - 围城

4. The little boy began to scream and kick. The matchmaker took him outside.

小小的孩子也哭了,手脚乱舞的, 可是老妇人终于给他拉到小门外去.

来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

5. Liu Tung - fang had once asked Mrs. Wang to act as matchmaker for his sister.

刘东方有一次托汪太太为妹妹做媒.

来自汉英文学 - 围城