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couple n.对；夫妇；数个v.连结；交配 (1) 他们是很美满的一对。(2) 那对夫妇看上去极其幸福。(3) 我们隔壁住著来自美国的一对夫妇。(4) 我的观光签证可让我停留数周。(5) 他们把火车的车厢连接好。 As a noun, couple means "a pair." If two people are dating, you can refer to them as "a couple." Similarly, two people who are married can be called a "married couple." Two guys playing basketball can be called "a couple of guys playing basketball." As a verb, couple means "to pair or combine," as people on a dance floor might couple or form pairs when the music starts. You can also couple two ideas by combining them.

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英 ['kʌpl] 美 ['kʌpl] (1) They are a nice couple.(2) The couple seemed to be on cloud nine.(3) Next door to us there's a couple from the USA.(4) My tourist visa lets me stay for a couple of weeks.(5) They coupled the carriages of the train together. If you are hanging out with a couple of friends, you are hanging out with two friends. A couple is a pair or a twosome. As a verb, couple means "to pair or match." 1[QUANT 数量词]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.   [QUANT of pl-n]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。...a small working-class town in Mas-sachusetts, a couple of hundred miles from New York City.马萨诸塞州的一个工人阶层居住的小镇，距纽约市几百英里Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and before 'more' and 'less'.(在美国口语中以及在 more 和 less 前亦用作限定词)...a couple weeks before the election...选举前的几周I think I can play maybe for a couple more years.我想也许我还能再打两年球。Couple is also a pronoun.I've got a couple that don't look too bad.我弄到两个，看上去还可以。2[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]夫妻；情人 A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship. 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...an isolated spot popular with courting couples.很受热恋情侣欢迎的僻静之所3[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](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. ...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。4[VERB 动词]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.   [be V-ed with n]  [V-ed]  [usu passive]...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。This, coupled with the fact that flying machines remained universally a subject for jeers and derision, made the brothers secretive.这一点，加上飞行器仍是人们普遍嘲笑和讥讽的对象，使得兄弟俩只能暗地里行事。5[VERB 动词](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.   [be V-ed to n]  [be V-ed together]  [usu passive]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。couplingThe technique requires the coupling of a particle accelerator and a mass spectrometer.这种技术要求将粒子加速器和质谱仪连接起来。6See also:coupling；

英语单词	couple
英美音标	英 ['kʌpl] 美 ['kʌpl]
中文释义	n.对；夫妇；数个 v.连结；交配
英语例句	(1) They are a nice couple. (2) The couple seemed to be on cloud nine. (3) Next door to us there's a couple from the USA. (4) My tourist visa lets me stay for a couple of weeks. (5) They coupled the carriages of the train together.
中文例句	(1) 他们是很美满的一对。 (2) 那对夫妇看上去极其幸福。 (3) 我们隔壁住著来自美国的一对夫妇。 (4) 我的观光签证可让我停留数周。 (5) 他们把火车的车厢连接好。
vocabulary简明	If you are hanging out with a couple of friends, you are hanging out with two friends. A couple is a pair or a twosome. As a verb, couple means "to pair or match."
vocabulary扩展	As a noun, couple means "a pair." If two people are dating, you can refer to them as "a couple." Similarly, two people who are married can be called a "married couple." Two guys playing basketball can be called "a couple of guys playing basketball." As a verb, couple means "to pair or combine," as people on a dance floor might couple or form pairs when the music starts. You can also couple two ideas by combining them.
柯林斯解释	1 [QUANT 数量词]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. [QUANT of pl-n] 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。 ...a small working-class town in Mas-sachusetts, a couple of hundred miles from New York City. 马萨诸塞州的一个工人阶层居住的小镇，距纽约市几百英里 Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and before 'more' and 'less'.(在美国口语中以及在 more 和 less 前亦用作限定词) ...a couple weeks before the election... 选举前的几周 I think I can play maybe for a couple more years. 我想也许我还能再打两年球。 Couple is also a pronoun. I've got a couple that don't look too bad. 我弄到两个，看上去还可以。 2 [N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]夫妻；情人 A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship. 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 ...an isolated spot popular with courting couples. 很受热恋情侣欢迎的僻静之所 3 [N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](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. ...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。 4 [VERB 动词]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. [be V-ed with n] [V-ed] [usu passive] ...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。 This, coupled with the fact that flying machines remained universally a subject for jeers and derision, made the brothers secretive. 这一点，加上飞行器仍是人们普遍嘲笑和讥讽的对象，使得兄弟俩只能暗地里行事。 5 [VERB 动词](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. [be V-ed to n] [be V-ed together] [usu passive] 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。 coupling The technique requires the coupling of a particle accelerator and a mass spectrometer. 这种技术要求将粒子加速器和质谱仪连接起来。 6 See also:coupling ；

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