音标:['kʌpl] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 对, 夫妇, 数个
vt. 使成双, 连接, 使成婚, 把...联系起来
vi. 结合, 成婚
n. a pair who associate with one another
n. a pair of people who live together
n. a small indefinite number
n. two items of the same kind
词型变化:名词复数形式 : couples ; 过去式 : coupled ; 过去分词 : coupled ; 现在分词 : coupling ; 第三人称单数 : couples
考试类型:[中考/高考/四级/考研/托福]
词性分布:
名词94%
动词6%

couple的用法和样例:

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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  4. 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。
  5. 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。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
couple to (v.+prep.)
    连接,结合 link or associate sb/sth with sb/sthcouple 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/sthcouple 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 togethercouple 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

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
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