couple
基本释义
- n.两个,几个;一对夫妇,一对情侣
- v.加上,结合;(把设备等)连接;形成一双,配成一对;<旧>交配,交媾;(用电磁感应,静电荷或光学通信线路)将(电路元件)耦合
- 人名 (Couple)(法)库普勒(人名)
词语例句
两个,几个cn. (常sing.)
六级四级I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.
我想几天内麻烦就会消除。
I just got zeros on a couple of assignments.
我刚有几份作业得了零分。
I've just got to do my best, and take a couple of seconds to look through the first few lines before I launch into something.
我要尽我最大的努力,并在投入某件事之前花几秒钟浏览一下开头几行。
一对夫妇,一对情侣cn.
六级四级The couple have no children.
这对夫妇没有孩子。
Some couples just avoid and deny the presence of any conflict in a relationship.
一些夫妇只是回避并否认一段关系中存在的任何冲突。
Depending upon how the couple reacts to these new conditions, it could create a stronger equal partnership or it could create new insecurities.
这取决于夫妻如何应对这些新情况,可能会产生更坚定的平等关系,也可能会产生新的不安因素。
加上,结合vt.
六级四级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。
Over-fishing, coupled with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and ruining their environment.
过度捕捞,再加上破坏性的捕捞方式,正在使鱼类灭绝,破坏它们的生存环境。
"There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors," Moen said.
“工作需求在增加,伴随着合并、接管、裁员和其他因素带来的的不安全性。” Moen 说。
(把设备等)连接vt.
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。
- It's only a couple blocks away.那地方离这里只有几个街区。来自《牛津词典》
- The couple have no children.这对夫妇没有孩子。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- They were an odd-looking couple.这对夫妇长相奇特。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- a couple of两个……,几个……
- be coupled with 加上……
- be coupled to sth.与……连接
- 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
- a couple of几个;一对;两个;两三个
- Very Ordinary Couple恋爱的温度
- married couple夫妇;已婚夫妇;夫妻
- Crazy Couple无招胜有招;片
- working couple双职工;双工;指在一个家庭中;夫妻均为国家职工
词语扩展
- pair/couple
- relate/unite/connect/attach/link/combine/couple/join/associate
- 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。
词义分布
英英释义
- n.a small indefinite number
- n.a pair of people who live together
- n.a pair who associate with one another
- n.two items of the same kind
- n.(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
- v.bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- n.two people who are married or having a romantic relationship
夫妻;情侣- The couple have no children.这对夫妻没有孩子。
短语
- 两个;几个two or around two people or thingsThere are a couple of police officers outside.外面有几个警察。
词源
- couple来自古法语couple, 来自拉丁语cōpula.
- couple夫妇,一对来自co-,强调,-ap,连接,匹配,见apt,copula.
- couple夫妇;一对,一双来源于拉丁语中由前缀com-(共同,一起)和动词apere(系紧,栓牢)组成的复合词copula(连接,系)的派生词copulare。 归于词根-apt-(适合,适应)。