couple
['kʌpl]
n.对, 夫妇, 数个
v.连结, 交配
例句与用法:
I saw a couple of men get out.
我看见有几个人出去了。
They are a nice couple.
他们是很美满的一对。
They coupled the carriages of the train together.
他们把火车的车厢连接好。
I'll be back in a couple of days.
我过几天就回来。
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 |
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)]
短语词组:
Every couple is not a pair.
1. 配对未必就成双。
couple
名词复数:couples
过去式:coupled
过去分词:coupled
现在进行时:coupling
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 |
同义词:
pair | join | team | link | mate | combine | twin | unite | bracket | intertwine | conjoin | accompany | marry | duo | twosome | connect | fasten | match | duet | copulate | distich | couple on | yoke | duad | mates | pair off | couplet | twain | brace | couple up | dyad | span | attach | relate | associate |
反义词:
uncouple |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.连接; 结合
join
pair
team
同义参见:
combine1
conjoin
bracket
unite
accompany
mate
twin
link
marry
intertwine
couple['kʌpl]n.1.■一对,一双2.■夫妻,一对(已婚或未婚)夫妇;情侣3.■两(个);几(个);一些4.■一对雌雄动物5.■连接物6.■【木工】对椽[亦称作 couple-close]7.■【电工学】电偶;热偶8.■【物理学】力偶9.■【化学】偶,偶联10.■【数学】偶,耦合11.■【天文学】双星vt.1.■连接,联结;联系: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。2.■[古语]使婚配;使交配3.■【电工学】联结,使耦合vi.1.■结成对;联合2.■交配,交尾;性交近义词paira couple of[口语]少数的,几个in couples成双成对地变形vt.coupledcoupling
couplecouple[ˈkʌpl]n.1.■夫妻, 配偶2.■两个(人或物); 一对3.■[口]交配4.■[口](少数)几个, 两三个5.■【物】力偶; 力矩; 电偶, 热偶6.■【天】联星7.■联接器8.■两只猎犬a newly married couple新婚夫妇arrange the chairs in couple一对对地排放椅子Ten couples took the floor.场上有十对舞伴。I have a couple of things to do.我有几件事要做。
词性变化couple[ˈkʌpl]vi.1.■成对2.■拥抱, 交媾vt.1.■连在一起, 配合, 连接; 组合, 耦合2.■加倍3.■由...联想到; 把...同联系起来Her name was coupled with his.她的名字与他的连在一起。
(pl. couple)
- two individuals of the same sort considered together
两个;一对
a couple of girls were playing marbles.
两个女孩在玩弹子游戏。
■(informal)an indefinite small number
(非正式)不确定的小数目
[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。
we got some eggs—would you like a couple?.
我们有一些鸡蛋——要不要来一点?。
[as determiner]just a couple more questions.
还有一两个问题。
clean the stains with a couple squirts of dishwashing liquid.
用一两滴洗洁剂清洗污点。 - [treated as sing. or pl.]two people who are married, engaged, or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually
夫妻;情侣
■a pair of partners in a dance or game
一对舞伴;游戏中的同伴
■(pl. couple)a pair of hunting dogs
一对猎狗
■(couples)two collars joined together and used for holding hounds together
将猎狗拴在一起的两只项圈
■a pair of rafters
对椽
■(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
(力)力偶
- [with obj.](常作 be coupled to/with)combine
连接;结合
a sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss.
希望感伴随着明显的失落感。
■connect (a railway vehicle or a piece of equipment) to another
将(火车车厢或设备)与另一个相连
a cable is coupled up to one of the wheels.
粗索被连到一个车轮上。
■[no obj.](couple up)join to form a pair
形成一双;配成一对
■[no obj.](dated)have sexual intercourse
(旧)交配;交媾
■connect (two electrical components) using electromagnetic induction, electrostatic charge, or an optical link
(用电磁感应,静电荷或光路)将(电元)耦合
[as adj. coupled]networks of coupled oscillators.
耦合振荡器网络。
coupledom
noun
语源
- Middle English: from Old French cople (noun), copler (verb), from Latin copula (noun), copulare (verb), from co- 'together' + apere 'fasten'. Compare with copula and copulate
couple
名词 couple:
a small indefinite number
a pair of people who live together
a pair who associate with one another
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
link together
form a pair or pairs
同义词:pair, pair off, partner off
make love
couple
■After a couple of weeks, almost all the infected plants bore cotton bolls.
一两星期之后几乎所有有病的棉花都结核了。
■A quarrel dissevered the young couple.
一场争吵使一对年轻夫妇分离了。
■A married couple appearing in the same movie.
一对夫妇出现在同一部电影中。
■A young married couple moved in next door to me.
一对年青夫妇搬到了我家的隔壁。
■We picked up a couple of girls at the pub last Friday.
上星期五我们在酒吧把上几个女孩。
■A couple of drunks stumbled past.
两个醉汉踉踉跄跄地走过去了。
■The couple did not have social security.
两位老人没有社会保险。
■A couple of coils of rope still lay on the dock.
两卷绳索仍躺在码头上。
■The couple had a heck of an argument and kept us awake all night.
两口子争得够呛,弄得咱们一晚上没眨眼皮。
■The couple dwelt together in harmony and concord.
两口子和睦融洽地住在一起。
■A couple of rams are butting at each other.
两只羊正在用角互相抵触。
■Joe and Mary are a couple who share weal and woe.
乔治和玛丽是一对患难夫妻。
■The young couple are often seen walking along the beach at nightfall.
人们常常看到那对年轻夫妇在傍晚沿著海滩散步。
■He discarded a couple of low cards.
他丢出一对小牌。
■He met her a couple of years ago.
他两年前遇到过她。
■How do the couple hit it off?
他们两口子相处得怎样?
■They bagged nothing except a couple of rabbits .
他们仅猎获了两支兔子。
■They're a very dressy couple.
他们俩是讲究穿著的一对儿。
■The couple had the foresight to plan their retirement wisely.
他们夫妇很有远见,精心安排了退休后的生活。
■They've gone down to Brighton for a couple of days.
他们已南下到布赖顿市住两天。
■They are an affectionate couple.
他们是一对恩爱夫妻。
■They were an old couple living on the margin of respectability.
他们是一对老夫妻,过着几乎是不太体面的日子。
■They are a nice couple.
他们是很美满的一对。
■They walked a couple of miles.
他们步行了几英里。
■They bagged nothing except a couple of rabbits.
他们除猎到两只兔子以外,一无所获。
■The couple fell in love with each other at first glance.
他俩一见钟情。
■They looked like a couple of babes in the wood.
他俩看上去像是一对不懂世故的人。
■He can switch from being nice to nasty in a couple of seconds.
他可以在几秒钟内从一个很和蔼的人变成一个很讨厌的人。
■He makes a couple of slip in adding up the bill.
他合计帐单时算错两处。
■After a couple of drinks he just keeled over on the floor.
他喝了两杯酒後就跌倒在地了。
■He qualified as a doctor a couple of years back.
他在2年前就取得了医生资格。
■He has occupied a couple of years of green old age in writing memories of himself.
他在老年健壮的时候花了一两年功夫写回忆录。
■He rented the house out to a young couple.
他把这所房子租给一对年轻的夫妇。
■He owned a couple of movie houses.
他拥有好几家电影院。
■He has a couple of boon companions.
他有几个爱吃喝交际的朋友。
■His dad snuffed it a couple of years ago.
他爸爸两年前就吹灯了。
■His money cascaded away in a couple of years.
他的钱在三两年内便滚滚流失了。
■He wished the young couple a life of happiness and prosperity.
他祝这对年轻人生活幸福、 万事如意。
■He patched up a couple of old tires.
他补了几条旧车胎。
■I'll see you later, I have a couple of things to do.
以后我去看你,我有几件事情要做。
■You can be assured that she will recover in a couple of weeks.
你放心她将在两三周内康复。
■You now have a couple of benchmarks.
你现在有了一对标杆。
■Give the bottle a couple of shakes before pouring the juice.
倒果汁前,先把瓶子摇几下。
■A couple of days work will get the garden into shape.
再干上几天,花园就可以整好了。
■She was expecting a baby in a couple of months.
再过几个月她就分娩了。
■A couple of old women were chinning in the corner.
几个老太婆在角落里聊天。
■The doctor said I must take a couple of days off.
医生说,我必须休息三天。
■Go and buy a couple of lettuces.
去买两棵莴苣吧。
■I put down a couple of cases of claret last year.
去年我把几箱红葡萄酒放进地窖使之香醇。
■The revolt was suppressed in a couple of days.
叛乱在几天之内就被镇压下去了。
Every couple is not a pair.
1. 配对未必就成双。
习惯用语a couple of1.■两三个, (少数)几个be coupled with1.■和...联合, 结合go in couples1.■总是成双成对; 协力hunt in couples1.■总是成双成对; 协力run in couples1.■总是成双成对; 协力coupled with1.■加上, 外加in a couple of shakes1.■刹那间, 马上It is not every couple that is a pair1.■成双未必能配对。Every couple is not a pair.1.■成双未必能配对。couple in1.■耦合, 接入couple ...to1.■把...结合到couple up1.■把...耦联起来特殊用法antimony bismuth couple1.■锑铋热电偶astatic couple1.■无定向的磁[针]偶base metal couple1.■基金属热电偶bigraded exact couple1.■双重分次正合偶centrifugal couple1.■离心力偶chromel-alumel couple1.■铬-铝热电偶concentrated couple1.■集中力偶controlling couple1.■控制力偶copper-constantan couple1.■铜-康铜热电偶deflecting couple1.■转矩, 偏转力偶exact couple1.■正合偶flame couple1.■热电偶galvanic couple1.■电耦合geosynclinal couple1.■【地质】偶地槽gyroscopic couple1.■陀螺力矩heater bridge wall couple1.■加热炉隔墙测温热电偶heater flue couple1.■加热炉废气(或出气口)的热电偶heater outlet couple1.■炉出口处热电偶inertia couple1.■惯性力偶instantaneous couple1.■瞬时力偶junction couple1.■结式热偶magnesium couple1.■镁电偶magnetic couple1.■磁偶main couple1.■【建】主桁架nichrome alumino-copper couple1.■镍铬-铝铜热电偶nichrome alumino-nickel couple1.■镍铬-镍铝热电偶nursing couple1.■哺乳的母子(心理分析用语)ordered couple1.■有序数偶prime couple1.■素数偶reducing couple1.■还原偶restoring couple1.■回复力偶resultant couple1.■合成力偶righting couple1.■正位力矩rocking couple1.■摆动力偶roll couple1.■(轧机机架的)倾翻力偶semi-exact couple1.■半正合偶standard couple1.■标准热电偶stress couple1.■应力偶thermal couple1.■热偶thermoelectric couple1.■热电偶torsion couple1.■扭转耦合turning couple1.■扭转力偶twisting couple1.■扭力偶unit couple1.■单位力偶volta couple1.■伏打电偶zinc couple1.■锌半电池, 锌电偶zinc copper couple1.■套淀积铜的锌片; 锌铜偶couple of forces1.■力偶