couplet

cou·plet

C0695600 (kŭp′lĭt)n.1. A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.2. Two similar things; a pair.

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[French, from Old French, diminutive of couple, couple; see couple.]

couplet

(ˈkʌplɪt) n (Poetry) two successive lines of verse, usually rhymed and of the same metre[C16: from French, literally: a little pair; see couple]

cou•plet

(ˈkʌp lɪt)

n. 1. a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair the same length that rhyme. 2. a pair; couple. 3. any of the contrasting sections of a musical rondo. [1570–80; < Middle French; see couple, -et]

couplet

Two lines of rhymed verse in the same meter. In a closed couplet the meaning is complete.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	couplet - two items of the same kind distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, brace, pair, span, yoke, couplefellow, mate - one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"2, II, two, deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this numberdoubleton - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
	2.	couplet - a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymedline of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poemclosed couplet - a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unitheroic couplet - a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated stylestanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

couplet

nounTwo items of the same kind together:brace, couple, doublet, duet, duo, match, pair, two, twosome, yoke.

Translations

对句对联

couple

(ˈkapl) noun1. two; a few. Can I borrow a couple of chairs?; I knew a couple of people at the party, but not many. 一對，一些 一对，三两个 2. a man and wife, or a boyfriend and girlfriend. a married couple; The young couple have a child. 夫妻，男女朋友 夫妻，情侣 verb to join together. The coaches were coupled (together), and the train set off. 連接 连接ˈcouplet (-lit) noun two lines of verse, one following the other, which rhyme with each other. 對句，對聯 对句（相连并押韵的两行诗），对联 ˈcoupling noun a link for joining things together. The railway carriage was damaged when the coupling broke. 列車廂車鉤 连接器（尤指列车等的车钩）