hatch, match, and dispatch

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The major milestones of a person's life: birth, marriage, and death.
    — “We get the news, especially the important hatch, match, and dispatch info” (as the births, marriages, and deaths columns were referred to). “But we also have it as foot warmers, and we cut it up into toilet paper, too..."
动词 v.
  1. To preside over the ceremonies surrounding birth and naming, marriage, and funerals or memorial services. slang
    — It is no longer sufficient for rabbis to "hatch, match and dispatch," to serve as CEO's of synagogues or to preside over annual High Holiday pilgrimages.

词形变化

hatches, matches, and dispatches plural hatch, match and despatch alternative hatches, matches, and dispatches present,singular,third-person hatching, matching, and dispatching participle,present hatched, matched, and dispatched participle,past hatched, matched, and dispatched past hatch, match and despatch alternative

词源

词源 1
hatch suggests birth, as in the hatching of an egg; match suggests marriage, as in the matching of bride and groom; and dispatch suggests death.
词源 2
hatch suggests birth, as in the hatching of an egg; match suggests marriage, as in the matching of bride and groom; and dispatch suggests death.
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