couple
英 ['k?p(?)l]
美['k?pl]
- n. 對；夫婦；數個
- vi. 結合；成婚
- vt. 結合；連接；連合
- n. (Couple)人名；(法)庫普勒
CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中高頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?couples;
中文詞源
couple 夫婦，一對
來自co-,強調，-ap，連接，匹配，見apt,copula.
英文詞源
- couple
- couple: [13] The notion underlying couple is of ‘joining’. The noun came into English via Old French from Latin cōpula ‘tie, connection’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and the verb apere ‘fasten’ (source of English apt, adapt, adept, and inept). Derived from it was the verb cōpulāre, source of English copulate [17].
=> adapt, adept, apt, copulate, inept - couple (v.)
- c. 1200, from Old French copler, from cople (see couple (n.)). Related: Coupled; coupling.
- couple (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French cople "married couple, lovers" (12c., Modern French couple), from Latin copula "tie, connection," from PIE *ko-ap-, from *ko(m)- "together" + *ap- "to take, reach." Meaning broadened mid-14c. to "any two things."
雙語例句
- 1. The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.
- 為了擺脫媒體的關注，這對新人在加勒比喜結連理。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Dave, the pianist, played it over a couple of times.
- 演奏鋼琴的戴夫將這支曲子反復彈了兩三遍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She had hoped the couple would put on a show of unity.
- 她曾經希望那對夫婦會表現出和睦相處的樣子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers.
- 這對夫婦曾幫著搜尋那些幼童。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier.
- 她幾周前給他寫過一個便條。
來自柯林斯例句