couple是什么意思？

couple

英[ˈkʌpl] 美[ˈkʌpəl]

• n. 对，双，配偶，夫妻，<口>几个，两三个；
• vt.&vi. 连在一起，连接，成双，结婚，性交，交配；

复数：couples;

过去式：coupled;

过去分词：coupled;

现在分词：coupling;

第三人称单数：couples;

例句

• The old couple will attempt to leave the town as soon as possible. 这对老夫妇想尽快离开这个小城。
• John threw in a couple of tires when he sold his bicycle. 约翰卖掉自行车并免费送两个轮胎。
• It took the young couple a long time to round up enough money for a trip to Europe. 这对年轻夫妇花了很长时间才攒足去欧洲旅行的一笔钱。
• After a couple of weeks he packed the job in. 几星期后他放弃了那份工作。
• The old couple was cold-blooded and kept their house terribly hot. 那对老夫妇很怕冷,所以把房间烧得热得要命。
• The old couple have no one to do housework; they have to fend for themselves. 没有人为两位老人做家务; 他们得自己照顾自己。
• We visited some friends in France, but we didn’t want to overstay our welcome and left after a couple of days. 在法国，我们拜访了几位朋友；但因为不想令人生厌，几天后就离开了。
• Their friends think Phillip and Joan are a shining example of a happily married couple. 朋友们都认为菲利普和琼是美满夫妻的典范。
• I always couple Hemingway and Steinbeck together as being typically American writers. 我总是把海明威和史坦贝克联系在一起,认为他们是具有代表性的美国作家。
• There are a couple of shorts on before the main film. 主片开映之前有几部短片。

同义词

• vt.
  couple的同义词之：连接;结合
  join, team, pair,
• couple的同义词之：其他释义
  team, pair, bracket, mate, twin, join, link, marry, accompany, intertwine, unite, conjoin,

同义词解析

• 以下这两个名词均有"一对，一双" 的意思
  couple：多指在一起或彼此有关系的两个人或两个同样的事物。
  pair：含义广泛，可指人或物。用于物时，指两个互属的事物，缺此或失彼都会失去使用价值，或指由相对称的两部分构成的一件东西。
• 以下这些动词均有"连接，结合，联合" 的意思
  join：侧重把原来不相连接的物紧密地连接在一起，但仍可再分开。也指把分散的人或几个部分的人联合起来，或加入到某团体中去。
  combine：指两个或两个以上的人或物结合在一起。
  unite：指联合、团结、结合在一起，构成一个整体。
  connect：指两事物在某一点上相连接，但彼此又保持独立。
  link：指连环式的连接，或用接合物或其它方式连接，还可指一事物与另一事物的联系或关系。
  attach：指把局部连接在整体上，小的接在大的上面，活动的接在固定的上面。
  couple：专指连接两件东西，或把事物成对进行连接。
  associate：指人与人友好和平、平等地联合在一起；用于物时，指两事物因历史或其它原因，很自然被人们联系在一起，即产生联想。
  relate：指人与人有亲戚或婚烟关系；也指人或物之间尚存的实际或假想的联系。

英语六级真题

Many admissions officers say they spend less than a couple of minutes on each application, including the essay.
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Similarly, some couples don't have children because they don't want to sacrifice their own lifestyles to the lime and expense of a family.
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To advise couples to think twice before having children
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• QUANT
  两个;几个
  If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.
  例句
  Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard... 我对面的街上有几名警官在站岗。 I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days. 我想问题几天内就会解决。
• N-COUNT-COLL
  夫妻;情人
  A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship.
  例句
  The couple have no children. 这对夫妻没有孩子。 ...after burglars ransacked an elderly couple's home. 窃贼洗劫了一对老夫妇的家之后
• N-COUNT-COLL
  (在某种场合在一起或有某种关系的)一对人，两个人
  A couple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association.
  例句
  ...as the four couples began the opening dance... 4对舞伴开始跳开场舞的时候 They were an odd couple. 他们是奇怪的一对。
• VERB
  加上;结合
  If you say that one thing produces a particular effect when it is coupled with another, you mean that the two things combine to produce that effect.
  例句
  ...a problem that is coupled with lower demand for the machines themselves... 这个问题外加上对机器本身需求量的下降 Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration... 过量使用那些药物再加上饮食缺乏营养，导致健康状况恶化。
• VERB
  (把设备等)连接，结合
  If one piece of equipment is coupled to another, it is joined to it so that the two pieces of equipment work together.
  例句
  Its engine is coupled to a semiautomatic gearbox... 它的发动机与一个半自动变速箱相连接。 The various systems are coupled together in complex arrays. 多个系统在复杂的数组中连接起来。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  一对, 一双, 两人, 两件事物
  He presented us with a couple of jade lions. 他送给我们一对玉狮子。
  夫妻, 情侣
  The old couple is never fed up with going to the same park every day. 这对老夫妻每天都去同一个公园, 从不厌烦。 The young couple are quarreling with each other. 这对年轻夫妇总是相互争吵。
• vt.
  连接, 联结, 联系
  They coupled two railway coaches. 他们把两节火车车厢连接起来。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a small indefinite number;
  "he's coming for a couple of days"
  2. a pair of people who live together;
  "a married couple from Chicago"
  3. a pair who associate with one another;
  "the engaged couple""an inseparable twosome"
  4. two items of the same kind
  5. something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
• Verb
  1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together;
  "This fact is coupled to the other one""Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?""The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
  2. link together;
  "can we couple these proposals?"
  3. form a pair or pairs;
  "The two old friends paired off"
  4. make love;
  "Birds mate in the Spring"

行业词典

• 体育： 力偶；
  力学： 力偶；
  医学： 力偶：平行而反向作用于物体的一对同等大小的力；电偶：两种不同金属的接触区，产生电位差；联结，一对，偶联；
  土木工程： 力偶；
  水利： 力偶；大小相等、方向相反、不作用在同一直线上的两个力所组成的力系。；
  物理学： 力偶；