couple

英 ['kʌpl] 美 ['kʌpl]

• n. 对；夫妇；数个
• v. 连结；交配

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]一对,一双

   two things related in some way; two things of the same kind

2. [S]一些,几个

   a few; several; small number

3. [C]夫妻,情侣

   a husband and a wife

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 连接,联结,联系

   link or associate sb/sth with sb/sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 夫妇；未婚夫妻；情侣
2. 一对，一双
3. 一对舞伴
4. <口>几个，三两个
5. 两人，两件事物
6. 【电】电偶
7. 【物】力偶
8. 【数】偶，耦合

v. 动词

1. 成婚，结婚
2. 联想，联系
3. 使成夫妇，使结婚
4. 【动】交配，交尾；性交
5. 连接，连结，把…拴在一起
6. 与…联系起来
7. 结合，联结，使耦合
8. 配合
9. 拥抱，搂抱
10. 由...联想到（...）
11. 使交尾，使交配
12. 成双

英英释义

Noun:

1. a pair who associate with one another;

   "the engaged couple"
   "an inseparable twosome"
   

2. a pair of people who live together;

   "a married couple from Chicago"
   

3. a small indefinite number;

   "he's coming for a couple of days"
   

4. two items of the same kind

5. (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines

Verb:

1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together;

   "This fact is coupled to the other one"
   "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"
   "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
   

2. link together;

   "can we couple these proposals?"
   

3. form a pair or pairs;

   "The two old friends paired off"
   

4. engage in sexual intercourse;

   "Birds mate in the Spring"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They are a nice couple.
   他们是很美满的一对。
2. The couple seemed to be on cloud nine.
   那对夫妇看上去极其幸福。
3. Next door to us there's a couple from the USA.
   我们隔壁住著来自美国的一对夫妇。
4. My tourist visa lets me stay for a couple of weeks.
   我的观光签证可让我停留数周。

用作动词 (v.)

1. They coupled the carriages of the train together.
   他们把火车的车厢连接好。
2. The degenerate man instigated his daughter to couple with hotel guests
   那个道德败坏的家伙唆使女儿与旅店的客人睡觉。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He presented us with a couple of jade lions.
   他送给我们一对玉狮子。
2. Her cheeks began to fill out after she'd been in the convalescent hospital for a couple of months.
   在疗养院养了两个月以后,她的脸渐渐变圆了。
3. We concede a couple of points in your contentions.
   我们承认你的论点中有两点是正确的。
4. We were thinking of moving and we looked over a couple of nice houses at the weekend.
   我们想换个地方住,周末我们去看了几栋漂亮的房子。
5. Supermarkets can afford to retail cigarettes at a couple of cents below the price charged by most tobacconists.
   超级市场香烟零售可以比多数烟草商价格低几分钱。
6. After a couple of minutes,I casually put out my hand, took the last biscuit and glanced at the man.
   几分钟以后,我漫不经心地伸出手,拿出最后一块饼干,并且瞥了那人一眼。
7. After a couple of weeks, almost all the infected plants bore cotton bolls.
   一两个星期之后，几乎所有有病的棉花都结桃了。
8. Evenings bring couples and singles for concert.
   夜晚引得成对和单身的男女去听音乐会。
9. The couple spent all day by the sea, and motored to the hotel in the evening.
   这对夫妇白天在海边呆了一天,晚上乘车回旅馆。
10. The territory was too expensive for anyone, so the two couples parcelled out a picnic lunch.
    这地方什么都贵,因此,两对夫妇分享一顿野餐。
11. A happy young couple reminded us of our old happy days.
    看到了一对幸福的青年夫妇就使我们想起了我们自己当年的幸福日子。
12. In China today each couple is required to strictly carry out a eugenic plan.
    在今天的中国,要求每对夫妇都要严格执行优生计划。
13. Because of the housing shortage many couples had to double up in one tiny apartment.
    由于住房紧张,许多对夫妻只好挤在一栋小公寓里。
14. They are a pleasant, sociable couple.
    他们是喜欢与人交往、和善可亲的一对夫妇。
15. A wedding ring is a symbol of eternal love between a married couple.
    结婚戒指是已婚夫妇的永恒的爱的象征。
16. A happy home life needs the effort from both sides of the couple.
    美满的家庭生活要靠夫妻双方的努力。
17. The children are carefully matched to the couples who are adopting them.
    孩子们被慎重地安排给了适合领养他们的夫妇。
18. Some couples, soon to marry, required new homes.
    一些快要结婚的情侣需要建立新家。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Two pairs of lovers coupled in wedlock in our company last week.
   上周我们公司两对情人结为伉俪。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The brake man coupled two freight cars.
   制动员把两节货车连接到一起。
2. The train was very full so they coupled two more carriages on.
   火车上很拥挤,所以他们又挂上了两节车厢。
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3. The train will be ready to leave when all the carriages have been coupled.
   所有的车厢都连接好以后,列车即可出发了。
4. Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.
   海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。

其他

v -ed as Adverb.

1. The strike, coupled with the flood, was expected to reduce supplies of food drastically.
   罢工加洪水,预计会大量减少食品供应。
2. A reputation for quality, coupled with very competitive prices, has made these cars very popular.
   质量的信誉加上真正有竞争力的价格,使得这些汽车非常走俏。
3. His energy and intelligence, coupled with her skill and patience, overcame all difficulties.
   他的精力和智慧,配上她的技术和耐性,克服了重重困难。
4. Working too hard, coupled with not getting enough sleep, made him ill.
   工作太卖力,加上睡眠不足,使他病倒了。

经典引文

• A very loving Couple.

  出自： Steele

• Measuring syllables and coupling rhymes.

  出自： Pope

• My young lambs coupled two by two With willow bands.

  出自： Shelley

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

couple to (v.+prep.)

连接,结合 link or associate sb/sth with sb/sth
couple sth to sth
An engine is coupled to a railway train.

火车头与车厢挂在一起。
The shaft of the turbine is coupled to the rotor of the generator.

汽轮机的轴与发电机的转子相连接。

couple together (v.+adv.)

连接,结合 link or associate sb/sth with sb/sth
couple sb/sth together
They coupled the carriages of the train together.

他们把这些列车车厢连接起来。
I always couple Hemingway and Steinbeck together as being typically American writers.

我总是把海明威和史坦贝克联系在一起,认为他们是具有代表性的美国作家。
The cars of the train are coupled together by shackles.

火车的车厢是用钩链连接起来的。

couple with (v.+prep.)

与…连接在一起 join together
couple sth with sth
We couple the pump with the engine.

我们把水泵与引擎连接起来。
People couple the name of Oxford with the idea of learning.

人们把牛津这个名字与学术观念联系在一起。
Gambling is always coupled with degradation.

赌博总是与堕落相联系。
The name of Mozart is coupled with the city of Salzburg.

莫扎特的名字是与萨尔茨堡城联系在一起的。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• bring a couple together 破镜重圆,使夫妻和好
• divide a couple 拆散一对夫妻
• form a couple 结成一对(夫妻),形成一双
• have a couple of 有一对…
• join a couple 结成一对夫妻
• make a happy couple 结成幸福的一对
• part a couple 分离一对夫妻

形容词+～

• childless couple 没有孩子的夫妻
• divorced couple 一对离婚的男女
• engaged couple 订了婚的一对男女
• future couple 未来的夫妇
• happy couple 幸福的夫妻
• ill-matched couple 不般配的夫妻
• live-matched couple 情投意合的夫妻
• loving couple 相亲相爱的夫妻
• married couple 已婚夫妇
• newly-wedded couple 新婚夫妇
• old couple 老两口,老夫妻
• well-matched couple 般配的夫妻,一对佳偶
• young couple 年轻夫妻

介词+～

• in couples 成双成对地

～+介词

• couple of days 两三天

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• couple abnormally 反常地联系
• couple hideously 可怕地联系
• couple generally 通常地连接
• couple normally 正常地联系
• couple shrewdly 准确地连接
• couple together 连接在一起

～+介词

• couple in 结合
• couple to 连接,结合
• couple with 联系

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. couple的基本意思是“一对,一双”,指在一起或互有关系的两个人或物,但并不一定是同样的,其关系可分可合,是可数名词,常与of连用。
2. couple作“夫妻”解是可数名词,其谓语动词可用单数,也可用复数形式。
3. couple在非正式语体中还可作“一些,几个”解,用作单数名词,常与of连用。接复数名词作主语时,谓语动词侧重整体用单数形式,侧重个体用复数形式。

v. (动词)

1. couple用作名词时意思是“一对”,转化成动词则主要表示“连接,结合”,指人为地把两个有关的人或东西连接在一起。
2. couple用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。couple偶尔也可用作不及物动词,宾语后面可接介词with或to,表示“结合在一起”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

couple, pair

• 这两个词都有“一双”“一对”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.couple指在一起或互有关系的两个人或物,但并不意味是同样的,且可分可合; pair指由两个一样的东西组成的“一对”“一双”“一副”,缺一不可。例如:
• I found a couple of socks in the room but they do not make a pair.我在房间找到两只袜子,但不是一双的。
• 2.couple和pair都可指“夫妻”, pair更强调“般配”。例如:
• Not every couple is a pair.天下夫妇多,珠联璧合少。
• pair指夫妇时谓语动词用复数,而couple指夫妇时谓语动词用单数。
• 3.pair还可指夫妻之外有密切连带关系的人。

v. (动词)

couple to, couple with

• 这两个短语都有“连接”的意思。其区别是：
• couple to用于成对的东西,一个接在另一个上; 而couple with则用于两个个别的东西联结在一起,或用于两个抽象的事物被联结在一起。

couple，pair

• 这两个名词均有“一对，一双”之意。
• couple多指在一起或彼此有关系的两个人或两个同样的事物。
• pair含义广泛，可指人或物。用于物时，指两个互属的事物，缺此或失彼都会失去使用价值，或指由相对称的两部分构成的一件东西。

join，combine，unite，connect，link，attach，couple，associate，relate

• 这些动词均有“连接、结合、联合”之意。
• 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。
• combine指两个或两个以上的人或物结合在一起。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• couple专指连接两件东西，或把事物成对进行连接。
• 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。
• 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。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 有三对外国夫妇住在三楼。

   误 Three couples of foreigners live on the third floor.

   正 Three foreign couples live on the third floor.

   析 “三对外国夫妇”应该说成three foreign couples, three couples of foreigners表示“三对外国人”,并不一定是“夫妇”。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的cours；最初源自拉丁语的bond，意为对，双，结合。

近反义词

【近义词】

• pair

【反义词】

• single