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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

couple

英  [ˈkʌpəl]
    

[NOUN, PRON, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • 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。

    PRON. 代词
  • 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。

    QUANT. 数量词
  • 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。

    VERB. 动词

  • 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

    combine

    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。

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