1
- two individuals of the same sort considered together两个; 一对：
a couple of girls were playing marbles.
两个女孩在玩弹子游戏。
1.1
- informal an indefinite small number〈非正式〉不确定的小数目：
as pronoun he hoped she'd be better in a couple of days他希望她几天后就能好起来
we got some eggs - would you like a couple?
我们有一些鸡蛋——要不要来一点？
as determiner just a couple more questions还有一两个问题
N. Amer. 〈北美〉clean the stains with a couple squirts of dishwashing liquid.
用一两滴洗洁剂清洗污点。
2
- treated as sing. or pl. two people who are married, engaged, or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually夫妻; 情侣。
2.1
- a pair of partners in a dance or game一对舞伴; 游戏中的同伴。
2.2
- (pl. couple) a pair of hunting dogs一对猎狗。
2.3
couples
two collars joined together and used for holding hounds together将猎狗拴在一起的两只项圈。
2.4
- a pair of rafters对椽。
2.5
- Mechanics a pair of equal and parallel forces acting in opposite directions, and tending to cause rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane containing them【力】力偶。
with obj.(常作 be coupled to/with)
1- combine连接; 结合：
a sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss.
希望感伴随着明显的失落感。
1.1
- connect (a railway vehicle or a piece of equipment) to another将（铁道车辆或设备）与另一个相连：
a cable is coupled up to one of the wheels.
缆索被连到一个车轮上。
1.2
- no obj.
couple up
join to form a pair形成一双; 配成一对。
1.3
- no obj. dated have sexual intercourse〈旧〉交配; 交媾。
1.4
- connect (two electrical components) using electromagnetic induction, electrostatic charge, or an optical link（用电磁感应, 静电荷或光学通信线路）将（电路元件）耦合：
as adj. coupled networks of coupled oscillators.耦合振荡器网络。
派生词
coupledom
noun词源