couple
[NOUN, PRON, VERB]
couples
1. [C 可数名词] 一对夫妇
A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship.
双语例句
例：The couple have no children.
这对夫妇没有孩子。
例：Burglars ransacked an elderly couple's home.
窃贼们洗劫了一对老夫妇的家。
2. [C 可数名词] （特定场合或有特定联系的）一对人
A couple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association.
双语例句
例：as the four couples began the opening dance.
随着4对舞伴跳起开场舞蹈。
NOUN. 名词
1. 几个
A couple is two or approximately two when it is clear what you are talking about.
双语例句
例：I've got a couple that don't look too bad.
我有几个，看上去还不错。
PRON. 代词
1. 一两个 , 几个
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.
近义词
a few , several
双语例句
例：Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard.
我所在的街对面有一两个警察在站岗。
例：I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.
我想几天内麻烦就会消除。
例：a small town in Massachusetts, a couple of hundred miles from New York City.
马萨诸塞州的一个小镇，距纽约市两百多英里。
QUANT. 数量词
couples , coupling , coupled
1. [T 及物动词] 与…结合 , 加上
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.
近义词
双语例句
例：a problem that is coupled with lower demand for the machines themselves.
一个问题外加对机器本身需求量的减少。
VERB. 动词
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