couple

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 限定词 det.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
    — A couple of police officers appeared at the door.
  2. Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
    — The number of Souls in the Kingdom being uſually reckon'd one Million and a half, Of theſe I calculate there may be about tvvo hundred thouſand Couple vvhoſe VVives are Breeders, from vvhich Number I Subſtract thirty Thouſand Couples, vvho are able to maintain their ovvn Children, […]
  3. A small number. informal
    — A couple of billiard balls, all mud and dirt, two battered hats, a champagne bottle […]
  4. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
  5. A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
  6. A couple-close.
  7. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
    — I’ll keep my stables where / I lodge my wife; I’ll go in couples with her;
动词 v.
  1. To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another). transitive
    — Now the conductor will couple the train cars.
  2. To join in wedlock; to marry. dated,transitive
    — I am just going to perform a very good office, it is to assist with the archbishop, in degrading a parson who couples all our beggars
  3. To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate. intransitive
    — On their wedding night they coupled nine times.
  4. To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating. transitive
    — The Parilia was generally considered to be the best time for coupling the rams and the ewes.
  5. To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Two or (a) small number of. Canada,US,informal,not-comparable
    — Put any couple guys in a tricked out car and a couple of bandannas […]" He trailed off.
限定词 det.
  1. Two or a few, a small number of. Canada,US,colloquial
    — A couple fewer people show up every week.

词形变化

couples plural copel alternative,obsolete copel alternative,obsolete copel alternative,obsolete couples present,singular,third-person coupling participle,present coupled participle,past coupled past copel alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
pair attach put together espouse make love
衍生词
active couple argue like a married couple argue like an old married couple bicker like a married couple bicker like an old married couple bridal couple coupla couple-beggar couple-close coupledom couplehood couple-ish couple-three couple three couple up coupley couplezilla couplish couply dual career couple dual earner couple fight like a married couple fight like an old married couple galvanic couple have a couple in a couple of shakes incouple intercouple married couple medcouple noncouple odd couple power couple Romeo and Juliet couple supercouple thermocouple throuple voltaic couple accouple couplable coupling coupling rod decouple decoupled outcouple recouple uncouple

词源

词源 1
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.
词源 2
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.
词源 3
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.
词源 4
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.
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