couple
n. 兩個; 夫妻; 一對兒; 幾個
v. 加上; 結合
If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.
Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard...
我對面的街上有幾名警官在站崗。
I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.
我想問題幾天內就會解決。
A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship.
The couple have no children.
這對夫妻沒有孩子。
...after burglars ransacked an elderly couple's home.
竊賊洗劫了一對老夫婦的家之後
A couple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association.
...as the four couples began the opening dance...
4對舞伴開始跳開場舞的時候
They were an odd couple.
他們是奇怪的一對。
If you say that one thing produces a particular effect when it is coupled with another, you mean that the two things combine to produce that effect.
...a problem that is coupled with lower demand for the machines themselves...
這個問題外加上對機器本身需求量的下降
Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration...
過量使用那些藥物再加上飲食缺乏營養,導致健康狀況惡化。
If one piece of equipment is coupled to another, it is joined to it so that the two pieces of equipment work together.
Its engine is coupled to a semiautomatic gearbox...
它的發動機與一個半自動變速箱相連線。
The various systems are coupled together in complex arrays.
多個系統在複雜的陣列中連線起來。
1. a small indefinite number;
2. a pair of people who live together;
3. a pair who associate with one another;
4. two items of the same kind
5. something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together;
2. link together;
3. form a pair or pairs;
4. make love;
couple, pair
這兩個名詞均有"一對,一雙"之意。
join, combine, unite, connect, link, attach, couple, associate, relate
這些動詞均有"連線,結合,聯合"之意。
Pamela is nobody's fool ; she'll master her new job in a couple of days.
帕梅拉精得很, 她會在一兩天內勝任新的工作.
By wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other.
將婚戒戴在左手的第三隻手指上, 意味著夫妻雙方象徵性地宣告他們的愛情天長地久,他們定能白頭偕老.
In China today each couple is required to carry out a eugenic plan strictly.
在今天的中國要求每對夫婦都要嚴格執行優生計劃.
If you would lend an ear for a couple of minutes you might learn something to your advantage.
要是你願意認真聽幾分鐘的話,你可能會學到一些對你有用的東西.
She jokingly replied, " I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel.
”她開玩笑地回答說: “ 我要在此遇到一個有錢的丈夫, 結婚, 生幾個孩子, 然後退休,去旅遊.