pair up

phrasal verbphr v

a) FRIEND British EnglishBrE to become friends and start to have a relationship 结交，交往

We learned later that he and Tanya had paired up.

我们后来得知，他和塔尼娅交往了。

b) BBTOGETHERto work together to do something or to put two people together to do something （使）结成搭档

They first paired up in the screen adaptation of ‘Grease’.

他们首次合作是在电影改编版的《火爆浪子》中。

pair somebody ↔ up

They have paired up writers and artists, and commissioned linked works.

他们把作家和画家结成搭档，委托创作相关作品。

c) if animals pair up, they come together in order to breed 〔动物〕配对〔以繁殖〕

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