n.[C]
- (一)對,(一)雙[(+of)]
- 夫婦;未婚夫妻;一對舞伴[G]
The young
couple decided to start their tour immediately.
那對年輕夫婦決定立即開始旅遊。
- 【口】幾個,三兩個[S][(+of)]
They walked a
couple of miles.
他們步行了幾英里。
vt.
- 連接;結合;把……拴在一起[(+to/together/with)]
- 聯想;與……聯繫起來[H][(+with)]
His intelligence,
coupled with her patience, overcame all difficulties.
他的智慧,配上她的耐心,克服了重重困難。
His name was
coupled with hers.
他的名字與她的連在了一起。
- 使成夫婦
vi.
- 結合;成婚[(+with)]
- 【動】交配[(+with)]
片語
Every couple is not a pair.
- 配對未必就成雙。
辨析
n.
- two individuals of the same sort considered together.
-
[treated as sing. or pl.]
two people who are married or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually.
- informal an indefinite small number:
a couple of days ago.
- Mechanics a pair of equal and parallel forces acting in opposite directions, and tending to cause rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane containing them.
v.
- join to form a pair.
▸
(often be coupled to/with)
combine.
▸connect (a railway vehicle or a piece of equipment) to another.
- have sexual intercourse.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. cople (n.), copler (v.), from L. copula (n.), copulare (v.), from co- ‘together’ + apere ‘fasten’; cf. copula and copulate.