定义/含义 couple

• English - Noun: couple ( plural couples ) Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship . 1729 , Jonathan Swift , A Modest Proposal I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; [ … ] Two of the same kind connected or considered together . 1839 , Charles Dickens , Nicholas Nickleby [ … ] couple of tables; one of which bore some preparations for supper; while , on the…
• English - Determiner: couple ( informal ) A small number of .
• English - Verb: couple ( third-person singular simple present couples , present participle coupling , simple past and past participle coupled ) ( transitive ) To join (two things) together , or (one thing) to (another). Now the conductor will couple the train cars . I've coupled our system to theirs . ( transitive , dated ) To join in wedlock; to marry . (Can we date this quote?) , Jonathan Swift A parson who…
• French - Noun: couple
• French - External links: “couple” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé ( The Digitized Treasury of the French Language ).