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单词 coupe
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coupe1

(also coupé)
noun kuːpkup
  • 1A car with a fixed roof, two doors, and a sloping rear.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For aggressiveness, the coupe's hood rises higher, with multi-focal parabola headlamps cut into the forward edge.
    • In fact, he points out that as many of the Baby Boomers become Empty Nesters, they are rolling out of SUVs and minivans and back into cars like the coupes of their days gone by.
    • It is one dominated by sedans that take just under 50%, with station wagons, people carriers, cabriolets, and coupes accounting for the rest.
    • The need to hide the folding roof means the rear haunches are higher than the coupé's and arguably not as well integrated into the car's shape.
    • It's 10 mph faster than its coupe counterpart, because it is a bit more slippery through the air because it produces less downforce than the coupé.
    • The Germans offer station wagons, coupes and convertibles, even hatchbacks, in several series.
    • A broad new front air intake integrates fog lights, while black bezel headlights with clear turn signal lamps enhance the sporty looks of the coupe.
    • Irish couples can arrive at their weddings in all manner of transport from vintage cars to sporty coupes, and London taxis to Dublin buses.
    • But thanks to the reputation for rationality, they have been able to develop a sedan and a coupe that begin to stretch the boundaries of midsize car respectability.
    • It is sold as either a coupe or sedan style automobile and has been produced, in various models, since the 1950s.
    • The truth is that as car build quality gets better it is increasingly more difficult to determine which SUV, MPV or coupe is the best.
    • A coupe / cabriolet version is also expected with a folding hard top out the following year.
    • Combination of a sporty two door coupe and two-seat pickup, they are at home in the outback or on urban roads.
    • It was made available as a 4-door sedan or a 2-door coupe.
    • The red-colored vehicle has the silhouette of a coupe but with four doors and a panoramic roof.
    • Then again, where's the fun in having a sports coupe if the roof doesn't come off entirely?
    • The roadster shares the coupe's rear fascia and tail lamps.
    • First of all, it's a coupé with a boot and a hatchback, and I'm sorry but I just don't equate the concept of TVR motoring with all this stuff.
    • This is an important consideration in Europe where parking spaces are tight and coupes with large doors are always at a disadvantage as they need a bigger space between vehicles to be opened.
    • The door windows are frameless, de rigueur for a coupé, and blacked-in edges to the rear side windows disguise the hefty centre pillars behind.
  • 2historical A four-wheeled enclosed carriage for two passengers and a driver.

  • 3(in South Africa) an end compartment in a railway carriage, with seats on only one side.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The train's compact two-bed coupes come with carpeted corridors, dinner tables, a basin and fresh towels.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in coupé (sense 2)): from French carrosse coupé, literally 'cut carriage'. coupé (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century.

Rhymes

Nupe, toupée

coupe2

noun kuːpkup
  • 1A shallow glass or glass dish, typically with a stem, in which desserts or champagne are served.

    serve the jelly in a coupe with whipped cream
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cocktails, nicely, are served in coupes, not martini glasses.
    • Classically, the dessert is served in a coupe dish, which is stemmed, and has a wide, deep bowl.
    • Champagne and other sparkling wines were for long drunk in a flat, saucer-like glass called a coupe, but this has been abandoned in favour of the tall flûte which preserves the wine's mousse.
    1. 1.1 A dessert served in a coupe.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Laden down with two substantial courses we shared a Gepetto's coupe dessert, which consisted of raspberry and vanilla ice-cream with Amaretto liquor.
      • As pastry chairwoman at the French Culinary Institute in the city's Soho district, she remains true to her background, referring to her sundaes on the menu as coupes.
      • Call it what you like, Peach Melba is an ice-cream coupe.

Origin

French, 'goblet'.

 
 

coupe1

(also coupé)
nounkupko͞op
  • 1A car with a fixed roof, two doors, and a sloping rear.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's 10 mph faster than its coupe counterpart, because it is a bit more slippery through the air because it produces less downforce than the coupé.
    • For aggressiveness, the coupe's hood rises higher, with multi-focal parabola headlamps cut into the forward edge.
    • The truth is that as car build quality gets better it is increasingly more difficult to determine which SUV, MPV or coupe is the best.
    • The Germans offer station wagons, coupes and convertibles, even hatchbacks, in several series.
    • The roadster shares the coupe's rear fascia and tail lamps.
    • It was made available as a 4-door sedan or a 2-door coupe.
    • But thanks to the reputation for rationality, they have been able to develop a sedan and a coupe that begin to stretch the boundaries of midsize car respectability.
    • Then again, where's the fun in having a sports coupe if the roof doesn't come off entirely?
    • A broad new front air intake integrates fog lights, while black bezel headlights with clear turn signal lamps enhance the sporty looks of the coupe.
    • This is an important consideration in Europe where parking spaces are tight and coupes with large doors are always at a disadvantage as they need a bigger space between vehicles to be opened.
    • It is one dominated by sedans that take just under 50%, with station wagons, people carriers, cabriolets, and coupes accounting for the rest.
    • Irish couples can arrive at their weddings in all manner of transport from vintage cars to sporty coupes, and London taxis to Dublin buses.
    • It is sold as either a coupe or sedan style automobile and has been produced, in various models, since the 1950s.
    • Combination of a sporty two door coupe and two-seat pickup, they are at home in the outback or on urban roads.
    • The door windows are frameless, de rigueur for a coupé, and blacked-in edges to the rear side windows disguise the hefty centre pillars behind.
    • In fact, he points out that as many of the Baby Boomers become Empty Nesters, they are rolling out of SUVs and minivans and back into cars like the coupes of their days gone by.
    • First of all, it's a coupé with a boot and a hatchback, and I'm sorry but I just don't equate the concept of TVR motoring with all this stuff.
    • A coupe / cabriolet version is also expected with a folding hard top out the following year.
    • The need to hide the folding roof means the rear haunches are higher than the coupé's and arguably not as well integrated into the car's shape.
    • The red-colored vehicle has the silhouette of a coupe but with four doors and a panoramic roof.
  • 2historical A four-wheeled enclosed carriage for two passengers and a driver.

  • 3An end compartment in a railroad car, with seats on only one side.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The train's compact two-bed coupes come with carpeted corridors, dinner tables, a basin and fresh towels.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in coupe (sense 2)): from French carrosse coupé, literally ‘cut carriage’. coupe (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century.

coupe2

nounkupko͞op
  • 1A shallow glass or glass dish, typically with a stem, in which desserts or champagne are served.

    serve the jelly in a coupe with whipped cream
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Champagne and other sparkling wines were for long drunk in a flat, saucer-like glass called a coupe, but this has been abandoned in favour of the tall flûte which preserves the wine's mousse.
    • The cocktails, nicely, are served in coupes, not martini glasses.
    • Classically, the dessert is served in a coupe dish, which is stemmed, and has a wide, deep bowl.
    1. 1.1 A dessert served in a coupe.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As pastry chairwoman at the French Culinary Institute in the city's Soho district, she remains true to her background, referring to her sundaes on the menu as coupes.
      • Call it what you like, Peach Melba is an ice-cream coupe.
      • Laden down with two substantial courses we shared a Gepetto's coupe dessert, which consisted of raspberry and vanilla ice-cream with Amaretto liquor.

Origin

French, ‘goblet’.

 
 
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