couple
- n.夫妇;(人)一对;(尤指)夫妻，情侣;两人;几个人;几件事物;两件事物
- v.(把车辆或设备等)连接，结合;性交;交配
复数： couples 派生词： a couple pron.;couple det. 过去式： coupled 现在分词： coupling 过去分词： coupled 第三人称单数： couples
couplenoun
两人；两件事物
two people or things
I saw a couple of men get out.
我看见有两个男人出去了。
几个人；几件事物
a small number of people or things
a couple of minutes
几分钟
We went there a couple of years ago.
我们几年前去过那里。
I've seen her a couple of times before.
我以前见过她几次。
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。
There are a couple more files to read first.
还有几份档案要先看一看。
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。
The last couple of years have been difficult.
最近的几年一直是困难重重。
（人）一对；（尤指）夫妻，情侣
two people who are seen together, especially if they are married or in a romantic or sexual relationship
married couples
几对夫妇
a young/an elderly couple
年轻 / 老年夫妇
Several couples were on the dance floor.
有几对情侣在跳舞。
The couple was/were married in 1976.
这对夫妇于1976年结婚。
very soon
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。
It's only a couple blocks away.
那地方离这里只有几个街区。
verb
（把车辆或设备等）连接，结合
to join together two parts of sth, for example two vehicles or pieces of equipment
The two train cars had been coupled together.
两节火车车厢已经挂上钩了。
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。
性交；交配
to have sex
把…与…连接起来
to link one thing, situation, etc. to another
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。
couple
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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.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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N-COUNT-COLL 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。
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N-COUNT-COLL (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
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VERB 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....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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VERB (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.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 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。
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See also:coupling
noun
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- a pair who associate with one another
- the engaged couple
- an inseparable twosome
- Synonym: twosome duo duet
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- a pair of people who live together
- a married couple from Chicago
- Synonym: mates match
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- (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
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- two items of the same kind
- Synonym: pair twosome twain brace span yoke couplet distich duo duet dyad duad
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- a small indefinite number
- he's coming for a couple of days
verb
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- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- This fact is coupled to the other one
- Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
- The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
- Synonym: match mate pair twin
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- link together
- can we couple these proposals?
- Synonym: couple on couple up
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- engage in sexual intercourse
- Birds mate in the Spring
- Synonym: copulate mate pair
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- form a pair or pairs
- The two old friends paired off
- Synonym: pair pair off partner off
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It is believed that the couple have left the country .
据信那对夫妇已经离开了这个国家。
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They are a couple in the real world as well as in the movie .
他们在电影和现实生活中都是一对夫妇。
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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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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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I 've seen her a couple of times before .
我以前见过她几次。
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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 saw a couple of men get out .
我看见有两个男人出去了。
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The two of them made a handsome couple .
这对夫妻男俊女靓。
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As a couple they are not very well matched .
作为夫妻，他们并不十分般配。
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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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We soon became friendly with the couple next door .
我们很快就和隔壁的夫妇友好相处了。
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The couple moved outside her field of vision .
这对夫妇离开了她的视野。
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The couple went to great pains to keep their plans secret .
这对夫妇煞费苦心，对计划守口如瓶。
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She already has a couple of good wins under her belt .
她已将几项冠军收入囊中。
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I used to smoke , but I gave up a couple of years ago .
我以前抽烟，但几年前就戒掉了。
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The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people .
这个公司顶多雇用了几十个人。
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They met a couple of times but they didn 't really connect .
尽管他们见了几次面，但仍未真正建立起良好的关系。
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She managed to cling on to life for another couple of years .
她顽强地又活了几年。
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Couples walked hand in hand along the front .
对对情侣手牵手沿河边散步。
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Couples took the floor for the last dance of the evening .
双双对对开始跳晚会的最后一支舞。
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The picture shows the couple together on their yacht .
照片显示这对情侣一同在他们的游艇上。
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We wanted to buy the chairs but another couple were bidding against us .
我们想买下那几把椅子，但另一对夫妇在同我们较劲出价。
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The builder has a couple of jobs on at the moment .
目前这家建筑商有几项工程在进行。
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Our beach house is just a couple of miles from the ocean .
我家滨海的房子离大海只有几英里。
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The couple made an unsuccessful attempt at a compromise .
这对夫妇试图和解但未成功。
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Several couples were on the dance floor .
有几对情侣在跳舞。
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A media circus surrounded the royal couple wherever they went .
无论王室夫妇走到何处，他们的身后都会跟着一大群媒体记者。
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Is there any chance of you swinging us a couple of tickets ?
你有没有可能帮我们弄几张票？
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The couple plan to wed next summer .
这俩人计划在夏天结婚。
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