英汉词典

1. 两个;几个
    If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.

    e.g. Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard...
           我对面的街上有几名警官在站岗。
    e.g. I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.
           我想问题几天内就会解决。

2. 夫妻;情人
    A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship.

    e.g. The couple have no children.
           这对夫妻没有孩子。
    e.g. ...after burglars ransacked an elderly couple's home.
           窃贼洗劫了一对老夫妇的家之后

3. (在某种场合在一起或有某种关系的)一对人，两个人
    A couple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association.

    e.g. ...as the four couples began the opening dance...
           4对舞伴开始跳开场舞的时候
    e.g. They were an odd couple.
           他们是奇怪的一对。

4. 加上;结合
    If you say that one thing produces a particular effect when it is coupled with another, you mean that the two things combine to produce that effect.

couple是什么意思

    e.g. ...a problem that is coupled with lower demand for the machines themselves...
           这个问题外加上对机器本身需求量的下降
    e.g. Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration...
           过量使用那些药物再加上饮食缺乏营养，导致健康状况恶化。

5. (把设备等)连接，结合
    If one piece of equipment is coupled to another, it is joined to it so that the two pieces of equipment work together.

    e.g. Its engine is coupled to a semiautomatic gearbox...
           它的发动机与一个半自动变速箱相连接。
    e.g. The various systems are coupled together in complex arrays.
           多个系统在复杂的数组中连接起来。