流逝汉英词典

couple

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['kʌp(ə)l]
  • 美式音标 [ˈkʌp.əl]
  • 国际音标 ['kʌpl]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 对；夫妇；数个
  • vi. 结合；成婚
  • vt. 结合；连接；连合
  • n. (Couple)人名；(法)库普勒

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。

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    coupling：[电]耦合；结合，联结。
    coupler：[电子]耦合器；联结器。
  • v性质的同根词
    coupling：连接（couple的ing形式）。

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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)

  • 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。
  • 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”。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • He presented us with a couple of jade lions.
    他送给我们一对玉狮子。

    • 用作动词 (v.)

    用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

  • 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.

  • The brake man coupled two freight cars.
    制动员把两节货车连接到一起。

    • 其他: v -ed as Adverb.

  • 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。

词组短语

    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

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (SOME) two or a few things that are similar or the same, or two or a few people who are in some way connected
  • (TWO PEOPLE) two people who are married or in a romantic or sexual relationship, or two people who are together for a particular purpose
  • (JOIN) to join or combine
  • (HAVE SEX) When two people or two animals couple, they have sex.

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.
  • Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and is often used before "more" and "less."
  • Couple is also a pronoun.
  • A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship.
  • A couple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association.
  • 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.

专业释义

    电子、通信与自动控制技术

  • 耦合

    Wedged shaped fiber (WSF) can couple optical energy into PLC chip high-efficiently.
    楔形光纤可以实现与PLC芯片的高效耦合连接。

  • 对

    AC impedance analyses show that toluene-p-sulfonic acid may catalyze V3+/V2+ couple electrode.
    交流阻抗分析表明对甲苯磺酸对V3+/V2+电对有催化作用。

    计算机科学技术

  • 耦合

    It also puts forward a method of object-oriented to couple concrete application in SIP stack.
    针对具体应用与SIP协议间耦合问题，给出了一个面向对象的设计和实现方案。

    物理学

  • 力偶

    • 化学

  • 偶，偶联
  • 偶联

    • 数学

  • 力偶

    • 哲学

  • 夫妇

    • 动力与电气工程

  • 热电偶
  • 热偶

    • 天文学

  • 双星

    • 水利工程

  • 力偶

    • 机械工程

  • 力偶

    • 生物学

  • 偶联;双
  • 对;交配;力偶
  • 电偶