couple

noun

1. 两人；两件事物
   two people or things
   1. I saw a couple of men get out.
      我看见有两个男人出去了。
2. 几个人；几件事物
   a small number of people or things
   1. a couple of minutes
      几分钟
   2. We went there a couple of years ago.
      我们几年前去过那里。
   3. I've seen her a couple of times before.
      我以前见过她几次。
   4. I'll be with you in a minute. There are a couple of things I have to do first.
      我一会儿就到你那里去。我有几件事情得先处理一下。
   5. There are a couple more files to read first.
      还有几份档案要先看一看。
   6. We can do it in the next couple of weeks.
      我们可在今后几个星期里完成这件事。
   7. The last couple of years have been difficult.
      最近的几年一直是困难重重。
3. （人）一对；（尤指）夫妻，情侣
   two people who are seen together, especially if they are married or in a romantic or sexual relationship
   1. married couples
      几对夫妇
   2. a young/an elderly couple
      年轻 / 老年夫妇
   3. Several couples were on the dance floor.
      有几对情侣在跳舞。
   4. The couple was/were married in 1976.
      这对夫妇于1976年结婚。

verb

1. （把车辆或设备等）连接，结合
   to join together two parts of sth, for example two vehicles or pieces of equipment
   1. The two train cars had been coupled together.
      两节火车车厢已经挂上钩了。
   2. CDTV uses a CD-ROM system that is coupled to a powerful computer.
      动态视频系统使用的是与大功率计算机相连的只读光盘系统。
2. 性交；交配
   to have sex

1. QUANT 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.
   1. Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard...
      我对面的街上有几名警官在站岗。
   2. I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.
      我想问题几天内就会解决。
   3. ...a small working-class town in Mas-sachusetts, a couple of hundred miles from New York City.
      马萨诸塞州的一个工人阶层居住的小镇，距纽约市几百英里
   4. Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and before 'more' and 'less'.
      (在美国口语中以及在 more 和 less 前亦用作限定词)
   5. ...a couple weeks before the election...
      选举前的几周
   6. I think I can play maybe for a couple more years.
      我想也许我还能再打两年球。
   7. Couple is also a pronoun.
      
   8. I've got a couple that don't look too bad.
      我弄到两个，看上去还可以。
2. N-COUNT-COLL 夫妻;情人
   A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship.
   1. The couple have no children.
      这对夫妻没有孩子。
   2. ...after burglars ransacked an elderly couple's home.
      窃贼洗劫了一对老夫妇的家之后
   3. ...an isolated spot popular with courting couples.
      很受热恋情侣欢迎的僻静之所
3. N-COUNT-COLL (在某种场合在一起或有某种关系的)一对人，两个人
   A couple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association.
   1. ...as the four couples began the opening dance...
      4对舞伴开始跳开场舞的时候
   2. They were an odd couple.
      他们是奇怪的一对。
4. VERB 加上;结合
   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.
   1. ...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
   2. 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。
   3. This, coupled with the fact that flying machines remained universally a subject for jeers and derision, made the brothers secretive.
      这一点，加上飞行器仍是人们普遍嘲笑和讥讽的对象，使得兄弟俩只能暗地里行事。
5. VERB (把设备等)连接，结合
   If one piece of equipment is coupled to another, it is joined to it so that the two pieces of equipment work together.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. The young couple decided to have a child.
   小两口决定要个孩子。
2. Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard
   我对面的街上有几名警官在站岗。
3. I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.
   我想问题几天内就会解决。
4. The couple have no children.
   这对夫妻没有孩子。
5. They were an odd couple.
   他们是奇怪的一对。
6. 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。
7. This, coupled with the fact that flying machines remained universally a subject for jeers and derision, made the brothers secretive.
   这一点，加上飞行器仍是人们普遍嘲笑和讥讽的对象，使得兄弟俩只能暗地里行事。
8. 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。
9. The various systems are coupled together in complex arrays.
   多个系统在复杂的数组中连接起来。
10. I'm still in the air force, though I'll be demobbed in a couple of months.
    我还在空军部队服役，不过几个月之后我就要复员了。
11. It only lasted a couple of years, as far as I know
    据我所知，它仅仅维持了两三年。
12. The couple met about two years ago and soon became firm friends.
    这对夫妇大约两年前相遇，很快就成了知交。
13. The happy couple and their respective parents took to the floor.
    这对幸福的新人和他们各自的父母在舞池中翩翩起舞。
14. You won't find a couple more in the public gaze than Michael and Lizzie.
    没有比迈克尔和莉齐更受人瞩目的夫妇了。
15. A couple of weeks later my mother went into hospital
    几周后我母亲住进了医院。
16. I almost lasted the two weeks. I only had a couple of days to do.
    我几乎撑过了这两个星期。我只有几天时间去做。
17. He had lent the bungalow to the Conrads for a couple of weeks.
    他把那间平房借给康拉德一家住了两三个星期。
18. My dad had a couple of Bob Dylan and Beatles songbooks lying around the house.
    我爸爸有几本鲍勃·迪伦和披头士乐队的歌集不知道扔家里什么地方了。
19. The couple had been living together for 16 years.
    这对情侣已经同居了16年。
20. She sold me a couple of live lobsters.
    她卖了几只活龙虾给我。
21. All I want is to have some peace and quiet and spend a couple of nice days with my grandchildren
    我就想清静一下，和孙子孙女们一起好好呆几天。
22. I'll pick up on what I said a couple of minutes ago.
    我将回到几分钟前我说过的内容。
23. The couple have separated but he wants a reconciliation
    夫妇俩已经分居了，但是他想要和解。
24. I had a monumental run-in with him a couple of years ago.
    几年前，我和他大吵了一架。
25. Both my brothers have university degrees. I just scraped through a couple of A-levels
    我的两个兄弟都有大学学位。而我只是勉强通过了几门高级程度考试。
26. With £ 800 spending money for each couple, you can really go to town!
    每对人有800英镑的零花钱，你们真正可以大把花钱了！
27. Owning a place of their own is a dream come true for the couple.
    这对夫妇拥有了自己的房子，终于梦想成真了。
28. The couple wed late at night in front of just nine guests
    深夜这对情侣在仅有的9位宾客面前举行了婚礼。
29. I spent a couple of days sight-seeing in Guilin.
    我在桂林盘桓了几天，观光了名胜。

couple sb/sth with sb/sth

1. 把…与…连接起来
   to link one thing, situation, etc. to another
   1. I saw a couple of men get out.
      我看见有两个男人出去了。

n.

in two shakes

in a couple of shakes

• 立刻；马上
  very soon

noun

1. a pair who associate with one another
   1. the engaged couple
   2. an inseparable twosome

   Synonym:    twosomeduoduet

2. a pair of people who live together
   1. a married couple from Chicago

   Synonym:    matesmatch

3. (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines

4. two items of the same kind

   Synonym:    pairtwosometwainbracespanyokecoupletdistichduoduetdyadduad

5. a small indefinite number
   1. he's coming for a couple of days

verb

1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together
   1. This fact is coupled to the other one
   2. Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
   3. The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project

   Synonym:    matchmatepairtwin

2. link together
   1. can we couple these proposals?

   Synonym:    couple oncouple up

3. engage in sexual intercourse
   1. Birds mate in the Spring

   Synonym:    copulatematepair

4. form a pair or pairs
   1. The two old friends paired off

   Synonym:    pairpair offpartner off