couple
couple 英 [ˈkʌpl] 美 [ˈkʌpəl]
n. 对；夫妇；数个 v. 结合(结成对)；连接；
进行时:coupling 过去式:coupled 过去分词:coupled 第三人称单数:couples 名词复数:couples
- If you are hanging out with a couple of friends, you are hanging out with two friends. A couple is a pair or a twosome. As a verb, couple means "to pair or match."
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- n. 对；夫妇；数个
- v. 结合(结成对)；连接；
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1. a couple of minutes
几分钟
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2. I saw a couple of men get out.
我看见有两个男人出去了。
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3. We went there a couple of years ago.
我们几年前去过那里。
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4. There are a couple more files to read first.
还有几份档案要先看一看。
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5. married couples
几对夫妇
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6. a young couple, an elderly couple
年轻╱老年夫妇
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7. The couple was married in 2006. The couple were married in 2006.
这对夫妇于 2006 年结婚。
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8. Several couples were on the dance floor.
有几对情侣在跳舞。
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9. It's only a couple blocks away.
那地方离这里只有几个街区。
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10. The two train cars had been coupled together.
两节火车车厢已经挂上钩了。(结对子）
- couple (n.) late 13c., "two of the same kind or class connected or considered together," especially "a man and a woman associated together by marriage or love," 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."
- couple (v.) c. 1200, "to link or connect, as one thing with another," from Old French copler "to couple, join together," from cople (see couple (n.)). Meaning "unite in marriage" is from mid-14c.; that of "embrace sexually, copulate" is from c. 1400. Related: Coupled; coupling.
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