| 单词 | couple |
| 释义 | couple (once / 78 pages) 1nv 2n If you are hanging out with a couple of friends, you are hanging out with two friends. A couple is a pair or a twosome. As a verb, couple means "to pair or match." As a noun, couple means "a pair." If two people are dating, you can refer to them as "a couple." Similarly, two people who are married can be called a "married couple." Two guys playing basketball can be called "a couple of guys playing basketball." As a verb, couple means "to pair or combine," as people on a dance floor might couple or form pairs when the music starts. You can also couple two ideas by combining them. WORD FAMILYcouple: coupled, coupler, couples, coupling, decouple, uncouple+/coupler: couplers/coupling: couplings/decouple: decoupled, decoupling/uncouple: uncoupled, uncouples, uncoupling USAGE EXAMPLESOne of the posters shows an illustration a white couple above the slogan: “We have a right to exist.” Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) The Chiefs have struggled going into halftime and at the end of games the past couple of years. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) There’s plenty for him to fix as a passer before a likely playoff game, and certainly in the next couple of years. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n two items of the same kind Syn|Hypo|Hyper brace, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke doubleton (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player 2, II, deuce, two the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number 2n a pair who associate with one another the engaged couple Syn|Hypo|Hyper duet, duo, twosome same-sex marriage two people of the same sex who live together as a family pair two people considered as a unit 3n a pair of people who live together a married couple from Chicago Syn|Hypo|Hyper match, mates power couple a couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential DINKa couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids) family, family unit primary social group; parents and children 4n (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines Hypo|Hyper dipole a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance electric dipole, electric doubleta dipole with equal and opposite electric charges magnetic dipolea dipole with opposing magnetic poles building block, unit a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else 5v form a pair or pairs Syn|Hyper pair, pair off, partner off unify, unite act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief 6v bring two objects, ideas, or people together This fact is coupled to the other one Syn|Hypo|Hyper match, mate, pair, twin match give or join in marriage mismate provide with an unsuitable mate mismatchmatch badly; match two objects or people that do not go together bring together, join cause to become joined or linked 7v link together can we couple these proposals? Syn|Ant|Hyper couple on, couple up decouple, uncouple disconnect or separate attach cause to be attached 8v engage in sexual intercourse 2Hypo|Hyper nick mate successfully; of livestock have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hayhave sexual intercourse with treadmate with serve, servicemate with have, takehave sex with; archaic use fornicatehave sex without being married standbe available for stud services conjoin, join make contact or come together n a small indefinite number he's coming for a couple of days Hyper small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
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