英语词汇“couple of corn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. gen. Two individuals (persons, animals, or things) of the same sort taken together; sometimes used spec. of such as are paired or associated by some common function or relation; but often loosely, as a mere synonym for two. Cf. pair n.¹ †couple of corn: apparently two quarters.

All shades of gradation connect the strict sense (as in 1541) with the loosest (as in 1711).

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [noun]

pairc1300

couple1365

paira1382

gemels1382

pair1391

yokea1425

brace1430

binarya1464

match1542

twin1569

binity?1578

twoa1585

couplement1596

Gemini1602

couplet1604

twain1607

duad1660

dyad1675

duet1749

tway?a1800

doublet1816

two-group1901

two-grouping1901

coupling1961

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of

some fewOE

puckleOE

a litec1290

couple1365

a…or twoa1400

handfulc1443

a wheen (of)1487

and odd1548

sprinkling1561

pair1611

scattering1628

sprinkle1754

1365 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 42 Ad emendum ij coppell' de silles cum les pannes.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2002 Þer & þer a coupill gon to speke, & to roune.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 64 Tho gaf I hym a copel of maynchettis with swete butter.

1486 Bk. St. Albans F vj a A Couple or a payer of botillis.

1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 77 After the rate of fifteene shillings the couple of corne.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith xix. 3 A seruaunt and a couple of asses.

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Eij Howe many cowples of sensityfe synewes come fro the brayne.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) Pref. to Rdr. Though they three do cost me a couple of hundred poundes by yeare.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. v. 30 A couple of as arrant knaues as any in Messina.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xiii. 6 Make me a couple of cakes.

1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. I^v (stage direct.) These persons passe over the Stage in Couples.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 8. ⁋1 I shall here communicate to the World a couple of letters.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 194 We spent a couple of hours resting and exploring the ruins.

1885 Law Times 80 111/1 The rule..has existed for at least a couple of centuries.

单词	couple of corn
释义	> as lemmas couple of corn a. gen. Two individuals (persons, animals, or things) of the same sort taken together; sometimes used spec. of such as are paired or associated by some common function or relation; but often loosely, as a mere synonym for two. Cf. pair n.¹ †couple of corn: apparently two quarters. All shades of gradation connect the strict sense (as in 1541) with the loosest (as in 1711). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [noun] pairc1300 couple1365 paira1382 gemels1382 pair1391 yokea1425 brace1430 binarya1464 match1542 twin1569 binity?1578 twoa1585 couplement1596 Gemini1602 couplet1604 twain1607 duad1660 dyad1675 duet1749 tway?a1800 doublet1816 two-group1901 two-grouping1901 coupling1961 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of some fewOE puckleOE a litec1290 couple1365 a…or twoa1400 handfulc1443 a wheen (of)1487 and odd1548 sprinkling1561 pair1611 scattering1628 sprinkle1754 1365 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 42 Ad emendum ij coppell' de silles cum les pannes. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2002 Þer & þer a coupill gon to speke, & to roune. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 64 Tho gaf I hym a copel of maynchettis with swete butter. 1486 Bk. St. Albans F vj a A Couple or a payer of botillis. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 77 After the rate of fifteene shillings the couple of corne. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith xix. 3 A seruaunt and a couple of asses. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Eij Howe many cowples of sensityfe synewes come fro the brayne. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) Pref. to Rdr. Though they three do cost me a couple of hundred poundes by yeare. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. v. 30 A couple of as arrant knaues as any in Messina. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xiii. 6 Make me a couple of cakes. View more context for this quotation 1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. I^v (stage direct.) These persons passe over the Stage in Couples. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 8. ⁋1 I shall here communicate to the World a couple of letters. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 194 We spent a couple of hours resting and exploring the ruins. 1885 Law Times 80 111/1 The rule..has existed for at least a couple of centuries. extracted from couplen. < as lemmas
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