| 单词 | couple |
| 释义 | couple n. & v. --n 1. (usu. foll. by of; often as sing.) a two (a couple of girls). b about two (a couple of hours). 2. (often as sing.) a a married or engaged pair. b a pair of partners in a dance, a game, etc. c a pair of rafters. 3. (pl. couple) a pair of hunting dogs (six couple of hounds). 4. (in pl.) a pair of joined collars used for holding hounds together. 5. Mech. a pair of equal and parallel forces acting in opposite directions, and tending to cause rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane containing them. --v 1. tr. fasten or link together; connect (esp. railway carriages). 2. tr. (often foll. by together, with) associate in thought or speech (papers coupled their names; couple our congratulations with our best wishes). 3. intr. copulate. 4. tr. Physics connect (oscillators) with a coupling. Etymology: ME f. OF cople, cuple, copler, cupler f. L copulare, L COPULA |
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