| 单词 | coupling |
| 释义 | coupling (once / 5755 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY coupling: couplings+/couple: coupled, coupler, couples, coupling, decouple, uncouple/coupler: couplers/decouple: decoupled, decoupling/uncouple: uncoupled, uncouples, uncoupling USAGE EXAMPLESOur sources in Washington would tell us that the most likely outcome is going to be a coupling of infrastructure investment with international tax reform. Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016) Young as we were, boys and girls were coupling up in my last year of primary school. Time(Nov 15, 2016) For her, all these months later, their coupling was still an exercise in tolerating pain. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) 1 n the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes 2the casual couplings of adolescents Syn|Hypo|Hyper conjugation, mating, pairing, sexual union, union assortative mating mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating disassortative matingmating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids inbreedingthe act of mating closely related individuals service, servicingthe act of mating by male animals dihybrid crosshybridization using two traits with two alleles each monohybrid crosshybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) reciprocal, reciprocal crosshybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype test-cross, testcrossa cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice activities associated with sexual intercourse 1n a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together Syn|Hyper yoke connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion an instrumentality that connects 2n a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects Syn|Hypo|Hyper coupler clevis a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc. clutcha coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism fluid drivean automotive power coupling swivela coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin turnbucklean oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension universal, universal jointcoupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions freewheela clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting) friction clutcha clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
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