couple
英 [ˈkʌpl] 美 [ˈkʌpəl]

n.

对，双；配偶，夫妻；几个，两三个；

vt.&vi.

连在一起，连接；成双，结婚；性交，交配；

变形

复数：couples过去式：coupled过去分词：coupled现在分词：coupling第三人称单数：couples

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]一对,一双 two things related in some way; two things of the same kind
2. [S]一些,几个 a few; several; small number
3. [C]夫妻,情侣 a husband and a wife

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 连接,联结,联系 link or associate sb/sth with sb/sth

英英释义

couple[ 'kʌpl ]

• n.
  • a small indefinite number

    "he's coming for a couple of days"

  • a pair of people who live together

    "a married couple from Chicago"

    同义词：matesmatch

  • a pair who associate with one another

    "the engaged couple"

    同义词：twosomeduoduet

  • two items of the same kind

    同义词：pairtwosometwainbracespanyokecoupletdistichduoduetdyadduad

  • (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
• v.
  • bring two objects, ideas, or people together

    "This fact is coupled to the other one"

    同义词：matchmatepairtwin

  • link together

    "can we couple these proposals?"

    同义词：couple oncouple up

  • form a pair or pairs

    同义词：pairpair offpartner off

  • make love

    同义词：copulatematepair

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• bring a couple together破镜重圆,使夫妻和好
• divide a couple拆散一对夫妻
• form a couple结成一对(夫妻),形成一双
• have a couple of有一对…
• join a couple结成一对夫妻
• make a happy couple结成幸福的一对
• part a couple分离一对夫妻

形容词+～

• childless couple没有孩子的夫妻
• divorced couple一对离婚的男女
• engaged couple订了婚的一对男女
• future couple未来的夫妇
• happy couple幸福的夫妻
• ill-matched couple不般配的夫妻
• live-matched couple情投意合的夫妻
• loving couple相亲相爱的夫妻
• married couple已婚夫妇
• newly-wedded couple新婚夫妇
• old couple老两口,老夫妻
• well-matched couple般配的夫妻,一对佳偶
• young couple年轻夫妻

介词+～

• in couples成双成对地

～+介词

• couple of days两三天

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

• couple abnormally反常地联系
• couple hideously可怕地联系
• couple generally通常地连接
• couple normally正常地联系
• couple shrewdly准确地连接
• couple together连接在一起

～+介词

• couple in结合
• couple to连接,结合
• couple with联系

词组短语

a couple of三两个…；一对…

young couple青年夫妇

a couple of days一两天

married couple新婚夫妻

couple with与…相结合，伴随

a couple of times好几次；若干次

in couples成对地

odd couple出人意料互不相配的一对

thermal couple[电]热电偶

engaged couple已订婚的情侣

galvanic couple电偶

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

pair, couple

pair 多指由两部分组成的东西 a pair of trousers

couple主要指人或动物,

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

这组词都有“连接，结合，联合”的意思，其区别是：

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。

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。

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。

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。

combine指两个或两个以上的人或物结合在一起。

couple专指连接两件东西，或把事物成对进行连接。

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。

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。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. They are a nice couple.
   他们是很美满的一对。
2. The couple seemed to be on cloud nine.
   那对夫妇看上去极其幸福。
3. Next door to us there's a couple from the USA.
   我们隔壁住著来自美国的一对夫妇。
4. My tourist visa lets me stay for a couple of weeks.
   我的观光签证可让我停留数周。

用作动词(v.)

1. They coupled the carriages of the train together.
   他们把火车的车厢连接好。
2. The degenerate man instigated his daughter to couple with hotel guests
   那个道德败坏的家伙唆使女儿与旅店的客人睡觉。

权威例句

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Patriarchal terrorism and common couple violence: Two forms of violence against women.
The SH2 and SH3 domains of mammalian Grb2 couple the EGF receptor to the Ras activator mSos1
The bHLH transcription factors OLIG2 and OLIG1 couple neuronal and glial subtype specification.
c-Kit triggers dual phosphorylations, which couple activation and degradation of the essential melanocyte factor Mi
Inhibition of thrombin receptor signaling by a G-protein coupled receptor kinase. Functional specificity among G-protein coupled rec...
Redox environment of the cell as viewed through the redox state of the glutathione disulfide/glutathione couple