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TOEFL BNC: 727 COCA: 531
couple
kʌpəl ˈkʌpəl
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense couples, present participle coupling, past tense , past participle coupled
1 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. 两个;几个

  • Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard. [+ of]

    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. [+ of]

    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. [+ of]

    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 [with singular or plural verb] 夫妻;情人 A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship. 夫妻;情人

  • 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

SYN husband and wife, pair, item
3 N-COUNT-COLL [with singular or plural verb] (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. (在某种场合在一起或有某种关系的)一对人，两个人

  • ...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 [usually passive] 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. 加上;结合

  • ...a problem that is coupled with lower demand for the machines themselves. [be VERB-ed + with]

    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. [VERB-ed]

    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 [usually passive] (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. (把设备等)连接，结合

  • Its engine is coupled to a semiautomatic gearbox. [be VERB-ed + to]

    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. [be V-ed + together]

    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 
Word Link
Word Linkcopul, coupl ≈ join : copula, copulate, couple
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TOEFL BNC: 727 COCA: 531
couple

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + COUPLE | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤adorable, attractive, beautiful, cute, good-looking, great, handsome, lovely討人喜歡的／迷人的／美麗的／嬌小可愛的／好看的／了不起的／漂亮的／可愛的一對➤happy, loving, perfect, romantic幸福的／相親相愛的／完美的／浪漫的一對▸➤elderly, middle-aged, old, retired, young年長的夫妻；中年夫婦；老夫婦；退休夫婦；年輕夫妻▸➤heterosexual異性夫妻▸➤gay, homosexual, lesbian, same-sex男同性戀情侶；同性戀情侶；女同性戀情侶▸➤engaged, honeymoon, married, newly married, newly-wed已訂婚的情侶；度蜜月的夫婦；已婚夫婦；新婚夫婦◇The hotel was full of honeymoon couples.酒店裏住滿了度蜜月的夫婦。➤cohabiting, unmarried同居的一對；未婚情侶➤interracial (NAmE) 異族夫妻▸➤childless, infertile無子女的／不育的夫妻◇childless couples seeking to adopt尋求領養孩子的無子女夫婦VERB + COUPLE➤make成為一對◇They make a beautiful couple.他們是很靚的一對。PHRASES➤the happy couple (= the two people getting married) 新娘新郎◇We stood and drank a toast to the happy couple.我們站起來為新娘新郎乾杯。
TOEFL BNC: 727 COCA: 531
TOEFL BNC: 727 COCA: 531

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