couple 音标拼音: [k'ʌpəl]
n . 对,夫妇,数个
vt . 加倍,使成双,连结,使成婚
vi . 结合,成婚
对,夫妇,数个加倍,使成双,连结,使成婚结合,成婚
couple 偶 耦合
couple n 1 :
a pair who associate with one another ; "
the engaged couple "; "
an inseparable twosome " [
synonym : {
couple },
{
twosome }, {
duo }, {
duet }]
2 :
a pair of people who live together ; "
a married couple from Chicago " [
synonym : {
couple }, {
mates }, {
match }]
3 :
a small indefinite number ; "
he '
s coming for a couple of days "
4 :
two items of the same kind [
synonym : {
couple }, {
pair }, {
twosome },
{
twain }, {
brace }, {
span }, {
yoke }, {
couplet }, {
distich },
{
duo }, {
duet }, {
dyad }, {
duad }]
5 : (
physics )
something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines v 1 :
bring two objects ,
ideas ,
or people together ; "
This fact is coupled to the other one "; "
Matchmaker ,
can you match my daughter with a nice young man ?"; "
The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project " [
synonym :
{
match }, {
mate }, {
couple }, {
pair }, {
twin }]
2 :
link together ; "
can we couple these proposals ?" [
synonym :
{
couple }, {
couple on }, {
couple up }] [
ant : {
decouple },
{
uncouple }]
3 :
form a pair or pairs ; "
The two old friends paired off " [
synonym :
{
pair }, {
pair off }, {
partner off }, {
couple }]
4 :
engage in sexual intercourse ; "
Birds mate in the Spring "
[
synonym : {
copulate }, {
mate }, {
pair }, {
couple }]
Couple \
Cou "
ple \ (
k [
u ^]
p "'
l ),
n . [
F .
couple ,
fr .
L .
copula a bond ,
band ;
co -
apere ,
aptum ,
to join .
See {
Art },
a .,
and cf . {
Copula }.]
1 .
That which joins or links two things together ;
a bond or tie ;
a coupler . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples ;
they should be of the same size and humor . --
L '
Estrange .
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I '
ll go in couples with her . --
Shak .
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2 .
Two of the same kind connected or considered together ;
a pair ;
a brace . "
A couple of shepherds ." --
Sir P .
Sidney .
"
A couple of drops " --
Addison . "
A couple of miles ."
--
Dickens . "
A couple of weeks ." --
Carlyle .
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Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple . --
Locke .
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[
Ziba ]
met him with a couple of asses saddled . --
2 Sam .
xvi .
1 .
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3 .
A male and female associated together ;
esp .,
a man and woman who are married or betrothed .
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Such were our couple ,
man and wife . --
Lloyd .
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Fair couple linked in happy ,
nuptial league .
--
Milton .
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4 . (
Arch .)
See {
Couple -
close }.
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5 . (
Elec .)
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery ; --
called a {
voltaic couple }
or {
galvanic couple }.
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6 . (
Mech .)
Two rotations ,
movements ,
etc .,
which are equal in amount but opposite in direction ,
and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes .
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Note :
The effect of a couple of forces is to produce a rotation .
A couple of rotations is equivalent to a motion of translation .
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Couple \
Cou "
ple \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Coupled } (
k [
u ^]
p "'
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Coupling } (
k [
u ^]
p "
l [
i ^]
ng ).] [
F .
coupler ,
fr .
L .
copulare .
See {
Couple },
n .,
and cf . {
Copulate }, {
Cobble },
v .]
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1 .
To link or tie ,
as one thing to another ;
to connect or fasten together ;
to join .
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Huntsman ,
I charge thee ,
tender well my hounds , . .
.
And couple Clowder with the deep -
mouthed brach .
--
Shak .
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2 .
To join in wedlock ;
to marry . [
Colloq .]
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A parson who couples all our beggars . --
Swift .
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Couple \
Cou "
ple \,
v .
i .
To come together as male and female ;
to copulate . [
Obs .]
--
Milton .
Bacon .
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1913 Webster ]
207 Moby Thesaurus words for "
couple ":
a few ,
accouple ,
accumulate ,
affiliate ,
agglutinate ,
ally ,
amass ,
apply ,
arrange a match ,
articulate ,
assemble ,
associate ,
ball ,
band ,
band together ,
be in cahoots ,
be intimate ,
be made one ,
be spliced ,
become one ,
bind ,
bond ,
both ,
brace ,
bracket ,
bridge ,
bridge over ,
bunch ,
bunch up ,
cabal ,
cement ,
cement a union ,
centralize ,
chain ,
clap together ,
clot ,
club ,
club together ,
cluster ,
coalesce ,
cohabit ,
collect ,
combine ,
come together ,
commit adultery ,
comprise ,
concatenate ,
confederate ,
conglobulate ,
congregate ,
conjoin ,
conjugate ,
connect ,
consociate ,
conspire ,
contract matrimony ,
converge ,
copulate ,
correlate ,
couple up ,
couplet ,
cover ,
crowd ,
date ,
diddle ,
distich ,
double harness ,
double -
harness ,
double -
team ,
doublet ,
draw a parallel ,
duad ,
duet ,
duo ,
dyad ,
embrace ,
encompass ,
equate ,
espouse ,
federalize ,
federate ,
flock together ,
flow together ,
forgather ,
fornicate ,
frig ,
fuse ,
gang ,
gang around ,
gang up ,
gather ,
gather around ,
get hitched ,
give away ,
glue ,
go in partners ,
go in partnership ,
group ,
harness ,
have sex ,
have sexual relations ,
herd together ,
hitch ,
hive ,
hook up ,
hook up with ,
horde ,
huddle ,
identify ,
include ,
intermarry ,
interrelate ,
interwed ,
join ,
join forces ,
join fortunes with ,
join together ,
join up with ,
join with ,
knot ,
lay ,
lay together ,
league ,
lie with ,
link ,
look -
alikes ,
lump together ,
make a match ,
make it with ,
make love ,
make one ,
make out ,
marry ,
marshal ,
mass ,
match ,
matching pair ,
mate ,
mates ,
meet ,
merge ,
mill ,
miscegenate ,
mobilize ,
mount ,
muster ,
nuptial ,
one or two ,
organize ,
pair ,
pair off ,
parallel ,
parallelize ,
partner ,
piece together ,
put together ,
rally ,
rally around ,
relate ,
relativize ,
remarry ,
rendezvous ,
rewed ,
roll into one ,
screw ,
seethe ,
serve ,
service ,
set ,
set of two ,
several ,
sleep with ,
solder ,
span ,
splice ,
stand together ,
stand up with ,
stick together ,
stream ,
surge ,
swarm ,
take in ,
take to wife ,
tape ,
team ,
team up ,
team up with ,
team with ,
the two ,
throng ,
throw in with ,
tie ,
tie in with ,
tie up with ,
twain ,
twins ,
two ,
twosome ,
unify ,
unionize ,
unite ,
unite in marriage ,
unite with ,
wed ,
weld ,
wive ,
yoke
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