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couple
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- Conjugation :
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coupled
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coupling
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- couple
['k^pl]
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1.
noun
[c]
(married) 夫妻
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2.
noun
(living together) 情侣
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3.
noun
(twosome) 对
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4.
noun
a couple of (two) 两个
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5.
noun
(a few) 几个
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6.
vt.
coupled with sth 配上某物
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to couple sth to sth
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[+machinery] 将某物与某物连接起来
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- couple
[ˈkʌpl]
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1.
n.[c]
一对，一双
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The couple had split just two days before she disappeared.
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这一对在她失踪前两天分开了。
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2.
n.[c]
夫妇，夫妻；情侣
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The majority of children today are born to married couples.
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现在绝大部分小孩出生在已婚家庭。
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3.
n.[c]
一些，若干，几个
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I suggest limiting alcohol to a couple of drinks a week.
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我建议将饮酒量限制在一周两三次。
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He's coming for a couple of days.
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他要来这里停留几天。
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4.
n.[c]
两个，两件，两只
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I have a beautiful couple of vases from that period.
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我有一对很漂亮那个时期的瓶子。
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5.
n.[c]
[Physics]
力偶；电偶
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The simplest example of a force couple consists of two equal and opposite forces.
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力偶最简单的例子包含两个大小相同、反向相反的力。
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6.
vt.
把……配成对
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The petrol price rise coupled with the tax increase was an excessive combination.
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油价上升和税收上涨一起形成了一对很过分的组合。
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This fact is coupled to the other one.
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这个事实与另一个相呼应。
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7.
vt.
把……连起来
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His examples were coupled with user comments.
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他的例子被和用户评价联系在了一起。
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Can we couple these proposals?
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我们能把这些提案合并起来吗？
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8.
vi.
成为一对，成双成对
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They avoided being photographed together after they coupled up.
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他们结合以后，避免一起拍照。
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9.
vi.
交配，交媾
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Her two horses were coupling out in the field.
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她的两匹马在野外交配。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- couple
['k^pəl]
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1.
n
two people who regularly associate with each other or live together
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an engaged couple
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2.
n
[functioning as singular or plural]
two people considered as a pair, for or as if for dancing, games, etc
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3.
n
[chiefly hunting or coursing]
a pair of collars joined by a leash, used to attach hounds to one another
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4.
n
two hounds joined in this way
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5.
n
the unit of reckoning for hounds in a pack
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twenty and a half couple
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6.
n
a pair of equal and opposite parallel forces that have a tendency to produce rotation with a torque or turning moment equal to the product of either force and the perpendicular distance between them
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7.
n
[Physics]
two dissimilar metals, alloys, or semiconductors in electrical contact, across which a voltage develops - See thermocouple
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8.
n
a connector or link between two members, such as a tie connecting a pair of rafters in a roof
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9.
pron
[usually preceded by a; functioning as singular or plural]
two; a pair
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give him a couple
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10.
vt.
[tr]
to connect (two things) together or to connect (one thing) to (another)
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to couple railway carriages
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11.
vt.
[tr]
to do (two things) simultaneously or alternately
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he couples studying with teaching
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12.
vt.
to form or be formed into a pair or pairs
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13.
vt.
to associate, put, or connect together
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history is coupled with sociology
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14.
vt.
to link (two circuits) by electromagnetic induction
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15.
vi.
[intr]
to have sexual intercourse
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16.
vi.
to join or be joined in marriage; marry
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17.
vt.
[tr]
to attach (two hounds to each other)
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18.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French: a pair, from Latin copula a bond; see copula
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19.
n
galvanic couple two dissimilar metals or alloys in electrical contact that when immersed in an electrolyte act as the electrodes of an electrolytic cell
Examples
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a couple cups of coffee
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两杯咖啡
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I'm about to leave for Hong Kong in a couple of days.
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几天后我要去香港了。
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Spare me a couple of minutes from your time.
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你抽出几分钟时间给我吧。
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I typed a couple of letters for her.
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我帮她打了几个字。
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The website design is finished, but the content will have to be pasted in a couple of weeks.
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网站设计工作已经完成，但仍需几周时间添加内容。
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