"the engaged couple"
"an inseparable twosome"
"a married couple from Chicago"
"he's coming for a couple of days"
"This fact is coupled to the other one"
"Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"
"The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
"can we couple these proposals?"
"The two old friends paired off"
"Birds mate in the Spring"
1.两个;几个
If you refer toa 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的翻译
e.g. Across the street from me there are acouple of police officers standing guard...
我对面的街上有几名警官在站岗。
e.g. I think the trouble will clear up in acouple of days.
我想问题几天内就会解决。
2.夫妻;情人
Acouple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship.
e.g. Thecouple have no children.
这对夫妻没有孩子。
e.g. ...after burglars ransacked an elderlycouple's home.
窃贼洗劫了一对老夫妇的家之后
3.(在某种场合在一起或有某种关系的)一对人,两个人
Acouple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association.
e.g. ...as the four couples began the opening dance...
4对舞伴开始跳开场舞的时候
e.g. They were an oddcouple.
他们是奇怪的一对。
4.加上;结合
If you say that one thing produces a particular effect when itis coupled with another, you mean that the two things combine to produce that effect.
e.g. ...a problem that is coupled with lower demand for the machines themselves...
这个问题外加上对机器本身需求量的下降
e.g. Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration...
过量使用那些药物再加上饮食缺乏营养,导致健康状况恶化。
5.(把设备等)连接,结合
If one piece of equipmentis coupled to another, it is joined to it so that the two pieces of equipment work together.
e.g. Its engine is coupled to a semiautomatic gearbox...
它的发动机与一个半自动变速箱相连接。
e.g. The various systems are coupled together in complex arrays.
多个系统在复杂的数组中连接起来。
6. see also: coupling
1. 力偶:由转矩(torgue)或力偶(couple)所产生的扭曲形变. 扭杆是一种弹簧,一端固定,在另一端施以转矩. 扭杆常用于机动车的悬浮系统中. 引力常数(gravitationalconstant)时所使用的型式;在此型式中将仪器日全食(eclipse)的持续期间,
2. 夫妻:其实一点也不特别,英文叫PLAYMATE,中文定义:一起玩耍、玩乐、游玩、包括玩世不恭的同伴. 区别于同学(schoolmate),同事(yokemate ),恋人(lover),夫妻(couple)现在的网站也有很多寻找玩伴的功能,例如飞信,例如网易既然这样,
3. 夫妇:文中对那对夫妇(couple)、侍者(waiter)、他人(others)的生动刻画体现出一种人文思想理念,值得读者去欣赏和思考:如今社会飞速发展,生活节奏快,人们总是忙于工作、学习、创业;那么我们不妨也可以改变一律的生活习惯,使生活有所创意、有所突破,