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matchmaker

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++match·mak·er /ˈmætʃˌmeɪkə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  MARRYsomeone who tries to find a suitable partner for someone else to marry 媒人matchmaking noun [uncountable] Perhaps we should do a little bit of matchmaking and introduce them. 也许我们应该牵个线介绍他们认识。
Examples from the Corpus
matchmakerOurs, after all, was not a marriage arranged by a matchmaker or by our parents.Once a deal was struck between matchmaker and the parents, the girl had to stay at home until her marriage.She made the marriage, without benefit of matchmakers, and he seemed happy enough to go along with it.Besides being a judge, Soo-Il was also a talented matchmaker.
match·mak·er nounChineseSyllable
suitable partner someone Corpus tries for who to a find someone


matchmaker
matchmaker /ˈmætʃˌmeɪkə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
someone who tries to find a suitable partner for someone else to marry
—matchmaking noun [uncountable]:
    Perhaps we should do a little bit of matchmaking and introduce them.


match·makerBrE /ˈmætʃmeɪkə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmætʃmeɪkər/ 🔊 nouna person who tries to arrange marriages or relationships between others 媒人;牵线搭桥的人;红娘 match·mak·ing BrE /ˈmætʃmeɪkɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmætʃmeɪkɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]