couple

【发音】

美 /'kʌpl/ 英 /'kʌp(ə)l/

【翻译】

1. n.夫妇；（一）对；几个

   英释:two people who are married or having a sexual or romantic relationship

【短语】

1. a couple of : 三两个…；一对…

2. young couple : 青年夫妇

3. a couple of days : 一两天

4. married couple : 新婚夫妻

5. couple with : 与…相结合，伴随

6. a couple of times : 好几次；若干次

7. in couples : 成对地

8. odd couple : 出人意料互不相配的一对

9. thermal couple : [电]热电偶

10. engaged couple : 已订婚的情侣

11. galvanic couple : 电偶

【例句】

1. a newly married couple

   一对新婚夫妇

2. the couple next door

   隔壁的那对夫妇

3. There are a couple of girls waiting for you.

   有两个女孩子在等你。

4. I just need to make a couple more calls.

   我还要打几个电话。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...A couple of recent papers have finally opened a window on these people’s extraordinary minds...

2. (2016.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 听力题)...a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do...

3. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...failing to reapply after a couple of hours and staying in the sun too long...

4. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 听力题)...Last week I came across a couple of old school friends and we spend the entire journey in the bar...

5. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...including a couple of fatty children with swollen cheeks pressing against their eyes...

6. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Last September the couple moved into a 1 500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens...

7. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs...

8. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...That is the new offerings companies are pushing out the door every six months or so are me-too products or ones with just a couple of new features...

9. (2010.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse’s death...

10. (2008.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...I had been abroad a couple of times...

11. (2008.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...There’re a couple of new grey areas...

【同、近义词】

1. n.对；夫妇；数个

   immune to/conjugality/

2. vi.结合；成婚

   bond/become one/combine/

3. vt.结合；连接；连合

   become one/join together/

【同根词】

1. n

   coupling : [电] 耦合；结合，联结

   coupler : [电子] 耦合器；联结器

2. v

   coupling : 连接（couple的ing形式）