couple

['kʌpl]

n.对, 夫妇, 数个
v.连结, 交配

n.[C]

1. (一)对, (一)双[(+of)]

2. 夫妇; 未婚夫妻; 一对舞伴[G]

The young couple decided to start their tour immediately.

那对年轻夫妇决定立即开始旅游。

3. 【口】几个, 三两个[S][(+of)]

They walked a couple of miles.

他们步行了几英里。

vt.

1. 连接; 结合; 把……拴在一起[(+to/together/with)]

2. 联想; 与……联系起来[H][(+with)]

His intelligence, coupled with her patience, overcame all difficulties.

他的智慧, 配上她的耐心, 克服了重重困难。

His name was coupled with hers.

他的名字与她的连在了一起。

3. 使成夫妇

vi.

1. 结合; 成婚[(+with)]

2. 【动】交配[(+with)]

词形变化

动词过去式: coupled | 动词过去分词: coupled | 动词现在分词: coupling | 动词第三人称单数: couples |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.连接; 结合

join  pair  team  

同义参见:

combine  conjoin  bracket  unite  accompany  mate  twin  link  marry  intertwine  

英英释义

名词 couple:

a small indefinite number

a pair of people who live together

同义词：mates, match

a pair who associate with one another

同义词：twosome, duo, duet

two items of the same kind

同义词：pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad

(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines

动词 couple:

bring two objects, ideas, or people together

同义词：match, mate, pair, twin

link together

同义词：couple on, couple up

form a pair or pairs

同义词：pair, pair off, partner off

make love

同义词：copulate, mate, pair

短语词组

Every couple is not a pair.

1. 配对未必就成双。

补充

couplecouple英:[ˈkʌpl] 美:[ˈkʌpəl]n.1.一对, 一双He presented us with a couple of jade lions.他送给我们一对玉狮子。2.一些, 几个3.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.1.连接, 联结, 联系They coupled two railway coaches.他们把两节火车车厢连接起来。

例句

1. The young couple decided to start their tour immediately.这对年轻情侣决定立刻出发去游览。 2. The four couples began the opening dance.四对舞伴开始跳开场舞。 3. They were an odd couple.他们是一对奇怪的搭档。 4. twenty and a half couple二十对零一只猎犬 5. They've been helped by a couple of Washington newspaper reporters.他们得到了华盛顿的两位新闻记者的帮助。 6. a couple of hours几个小时 7. Could you wait a couple of minutes?你能稍等几分钟吗？ 8. a couple weeks before the election大选前的一两周 9. I think I can play maybe for a couple more years.我想我也许还能多打一两年球。 10. I've got a couple that don't look too bad.我有两个, 看起来还不错。 11. The penalties are harsh when you couple them with the $112,000 fine that had been applied previously.加上之前作出的11.2万美元罚款, 处罚是很严厉的。 12. The various systems are coupled together in complex arrays.各个系统连接在一起, 形成复杂的阵列。 13. He couples studying with teaching.他一边学习一边教书。 14. The train will be ready to leave when all the carriages have been coupled.在所有车厢都连接好时列车即可开出。 15. a couple of girls were playing marbles.两个女孩在玩弹子游戏。 16. [as pronoun]he hoped she'd be better in a couple of days.他希望她几天后就能好起来。 17. we got some eggs—would you like a couple?.我们有一些鸡蛋——要不要来一点？。 18. [as determiner]just a couple more questions.还有一两个问题。 19. clean the stains with a couple squirts of dishwashing liquid.用一两滴洗洁剂清洗污点。 20. a sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss.希望感伴随着明显的失落感。 21. a cable is coupled up to one of the wheels.粗索被连到一个车轮上。 22. [as adj. coupled]networks of coupled oscillators.耦合振荡器网络。 23. a married couple一对夫妻 24. Is/Are that couple over there part of our group?那对夫妻是跟我们一起的吗？ 25. I need a couple of glasses.我需要一对玻璃杯。 26. I last saw her a couple of months ago.我上次见她是在几个月前。 27. The fog, coupled with the amount of traffic on the roads, made driving very difficult.大雾加上道路交通拥塞，使驾驶十分困难。 28. a happily married couple幸福结合的夫妻 29. "“Are they a couple?” “No, they are just good friends.”"“他们是情侣吗？”“不，他们只是好朋友。” 30. Seventeen couples participated in the survey.有十七对夫妻参与了这项调查。 31. "The romance had gone out of their relationship, so they signed up for couples therapy. [=therapy in which a psychologist helps couples solve problems with their relationships]"他们的婚姻关系中已经没有了浪漫色彩，所以他们报名参加了夫妻感情修复治疗。 32. The people were lined up in couples.大家两人一组排成行。 33. Can you give me a couple more examples?可以再给我举几个例子吗？ 34. This one costs a couple less dollars than that one.这个比那个便宜几美元。 35. I lost interest in the book after a couple chapters.这本书我读了几章就没兴趣了。 36. We owned a couple dogs.我们养了几只狗。 37. We stopped for a couple drinks after work.下班后，我们停下来喝了几杯。 38. I saw the movie a couple nights ago.几天前的晚上我看了这部电影。 39. We met a couple years ago.我们是几年前认识的。 40. I took a couple weeks off.我休了几周假。 41. a couple hundred people几百个人 42. a couple dozen几打 43. "“How many drinks have you had?” “Oh, just a couple.”"“你喝了几杯？”“噢，就两杯。” 44. It happened a couple of days ago. [=two days ago]这事发生在两天前。 45. I only had a couple of sips.我只啜了两口。 46. Can you loan me a couple of dollars?你能借给我两美元吗？ 47. I have a couple of favorite restaurants I go to.有几家餐馆是我最喜欢去吃的。 48. I'll be ready in a couple of minutes. [=I'll be ready soon]我几分钟就准备好。 49. Our schedule is booked solid for the next couple of weeks. [=for the next two weeks]我们下两周的日程安排得很满。 50. They've lost the last/previous couple of games.他们输了最后/前两场比赛。 51. They are breaking up after eight years of coupledom. [=after eight years of being a couple]他们在一起生活了八年，现在要分手了。 52. a device that makes it possible to couple the pieces可以把两块碎片拼起来的装置 53. The coils are loosely/tightly coupled.线圈绕得很松/紧。 54. The wire is coupled to the terminal.这条电线连着电路端子。 55. It took an hour to couple the trailer to the truck.将拖车挂上货车花了一个小时。 56. The exhibit couples poems with paintings.这个展览结合了诗歌和绘画。 57. "An oil spill coupled with [=combined with, together with] strong winds brought disaster."石油泄漏再加上强风肆虐造成了灾难。 58. "The team's win, coupled with a loss by their rivals, put them in first place."球队获胜，加之其他对手失利，使他们排在第一位。 59. "The company manufactures trailer couplers. [=couplings, hitches]"这家公司生产拖车钩。