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couple

couple
[英] [ˈkʌpl] [美] [ˈkʌpəl] 生词本

n.

vt.&vi.

  • 易混淆的单词：COUPLE  

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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. 

  • 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。

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

    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.

    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 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。

  • ...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

3. 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

  • They were an odd couple.

    他们是奇怪的一对。

4. 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

  • 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.

    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 (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。

  • The various systems are coupled together in complex arrays.

    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;  
Noun

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

Verb

1. 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"

2. link together;

  • "can we couple these proposals?"

3. form a pair or pairs;

  • "The two old friends paired off"

4. make love;

  • "Birds mate in the Spring"

体育

  • 1.力偶

力学

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  • 1.力偶

医学

  • 1.①力偶：平行而反向作用于物体的一对同等大小的力；②电偶：两种不同金属的接触区，产生电位差；③联结，一对，偶联

土木工程

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  • 1.力偶

水利

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  • 1.力偶
  • 2.大小相等、方向相反、不作用在同一直线上的两个力所组成的力系。

物理学

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  • 1.力偶

计算机

  • 1.耦合，连接，联结
  • 2.成双
  • 3.,对;加偶
1. A Couple of drumsticks and one coleslaw, please.
请给我两双鸡腿，一份生菜沙拉。

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2. A couple of dozen prints were rolled off in no time.
一下子就印好了几十张图片。

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3. A couple of goats are butting each other.
两只山羊在用角互相顶撞。

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4. A couple of good old country boys are having a wild and woolly time.
几个乡下来的青年狂欢作乐一番。

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5. A couple of mobsters were rubbed out in a fracas with the law.
几个暴徒在与警方喧闹的斗争中丧命。

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6. A couple of tanks convoyed the trucks across the border.
几辆坦克护送着卡车穿越边境。

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7. A happy home life needs the effort from both sides of the couple.
美满的家庭生活要靠夫妻双方的努力。

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8. A quarrel dissevered the young couple.
一场争吵使一对年轻夫妇分离了。

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9. A wedding ring is a symbol of eternal love between a married couple.
结婚戒指象征已婚夫妇之间永恒的爱。

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10. After a couple of weeks he packed the job in.
几星期后他放弃了那份工作。

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11. After a couple of wines my head felt all muzzy.
我喝了两杯酒就昏头昏脑的了。

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12. At times he would be absent for a couple of days.
他有时会离开几天。

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13. By wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other.
将婚戒戴在左手的第三只手指上，意味着夫妻双方象征性地宣告他们的爱情天长地久，他们定能白头偕老。

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14. Give the bottle a couple of shakes before pouring the juice.
倒果汁前先把瓶子摇动几下。

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15. Hang on!I'll be back in a couple of shakes!
电话先不要挂！我马上就回来。

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16. He presented us with a couple of jade lions.
他送给我们一对玉狮子。

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17. He used a couple of bolsters to elevate his head.
他用两个垫枕垫头。

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18. Her cheeks began to fill out after she'd been in the convalescent hospital for a couple of months.
在疗养院养了两个月以后，她的脸渐渐变圆了。

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19. His brother-in-law proposed a toast to the happy couple.
他的姐夫提议为这幸福的一对干杯。

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20. I always couple Hemingway and Steinbeck together as being typically American writers.
我总是把海明威和史坦贝克联系在一起，认为他们是具有代表性的美国作家。

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