英汉词典

couple 基本解释

• n. 对；夫妇；数个
• vi. 结合；成婚
• vt. 结合；连接；连合
• n. (Couple)人名；(法)库普勒

couple 词态变化

couple 中文词源

来自co-,强调，-ap，连接，匹配，见apt,copula.

couple 英文词源

couple

couple: [13] The notion underlying couple is of ‘joining’. The noun came into English via Old French from Latin cōpula ‘tie, connection’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and the verb apere ‘fasten’ (source of English apt, adapt, adept, and inept). Derived from it was the verb cōpulāre, source of English copulate [17].
=> adapt, adept, apt, copulate, inept

couple (v.)

c. 1200, from Old French copler, from cople (see couple (n.)). Related: Coupled; coupling.

couple (n.)

late 13c., from Old French cople "married couple, lovers" (12c., Modern French couple), from Latin copula "tie, connection," from PIE *ko-ap-, from *ko(m)- "together" + *ap- "to take, reach." Meaning broadened mid-14c. to "any two things."

couple 英文释义

1. a small indefinite number;

"he's coming for a couple of days"

2. a pair of people who live together;

"a married couple from Chicago"

3. a pair who associate with one another;

"the engaged couple"

"an inseparable twosome"

4. two items of the same kind

5. something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines

couple 同义词解析

couple, pair

这两个名词均有"一对，一双"之意。

couple： 多指在一起或彼此有关系的两个人或两个同样的事物。

pair： 含义广泛，可指人或物。用于物时，指两个互属的事物，缺此或失彼都会失去使用价值，或指由相对称的两部分构成的一件东西。

join, combine, unite, connect, link, attach, couple, associate, relate

这些动词均有"连接，结合，联合"之意。

join： 侧重把原来不相连接的物紧密地连接在一起，但仍可再分开。也指把分散的人或几个部分的人联合起来，或加入到某团体中去。

combine： 指两个或两个以上的人或物结合在一起。

unite： 指联合、团结、结合在一起，构成一个整体。

connect： 指两事物在某一点上相连接，但彼此又保持独立。

link： 指连环式的连接，或用接合物或其它方式连接，还可指一事物与另一事物的联系或关系。

attach： 指把局部连接在整体上，小的接在大的上面，活动的接在固定的上面。

couple： 专指连接两件东西，或把事物成对进行连接。

associate： 指人与人友好和平、平等地联合在一起；用于物时，指两事物因历史或其它原因，很自然被人们联系在一起，即产生联想。

relate： 指人与人有亲戚或婚烟关系；也指人或物之间尚存的实际或假想的联系。

couple 双语例句

1. The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.

为了摆脱媒体的关注，这对新人在加勒比喜结连理。

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2. Dave, the pianist, played it over a couple of times.

演奏钢琴的戴夫将这支曲子反复弹了两三遍。

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3. She had hoped the couple would put on a show of unity.

她曾经希望那对夫妇会表现出和睦相处的样子。

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4. The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers.

这对夫妇曾帮着搜寻那些幼童。

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5. She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier.

她几周前给他写过一个便条。

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couple 实用场景例句

The couple was/were married in 1976.

这对夫妇于1976年结婚。

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Do you need any more glasses? I've got a couple I can lend you.

你还需要玻璃杯吗？我有几个可以借给你。

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(North Amercian English)It's only a couple blocks away.

那地方离这里只有几个街区。

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The two train cars had been coupled together.

两节火车车厢已经挂上钩了。

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CDTV uses a CD-ROM system that is coupled to a powerful computer.

动态视频系统使用的是与大功率计算机相连的只读光盘系统。

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Overproduction, coupled with falling sales, has led to huge losses for the company.

生产过剩加上销售下降使这家公司遭受巨大损失。

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Several couples were on the dance floor.

有几对情侣在跳舞。

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a young/an elderly couple

年轻 / 老年夫妇

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I'll be with you in a minute. There are a couple of things I have to do first.

我一会儿就到你那里去。我有几件事情得先处理一下。

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There are a couple more files to read first.

还有几份档案要先看一看。

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We can do it in the next couple of weeks.

我们可在今后几个星期里完成这件事。

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The last couple of years have been difficult.

最近的几年一直是困难重重。

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married couples

几对夫妇

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I've seen her a couple of times before.

我以前见过她几次。

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I saw a couple of men get out.

我看见有两个男人出去了。

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a couple of minutes

几分钟

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We went there a couple of years ago.

我们几年前去过那里。

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I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.

我想问题几天内就会解决。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The couple have no children.

这对夫妻没有孩子。

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...after burglars ransacked an elderly couple's home.

窃贼洗劫了一对老夫妇的家之后

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...as the four couples began the opening dance...

4对舞伴开始跳开场舞的时候

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They were an odd couple.

他们是奇怪的一对。

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...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

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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。

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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。

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The various systems are coupled together in complex arrays.

多个系统在复杂的数组中连接起来。

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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。

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Pamela is nobody's fool ; she'll master her new job in a couple of days.

帕梅拉精得很, 她会在一两天内胜任新的工作.

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