English Dictionary

couple

/ˈkʌpəl/

noun

Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship. / Two of the same kind connected or considered together. / (informal) A small number.

The couple went on a romantic vacation.

意味（1）

Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; […]

意味（2）

Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

A couple of police officers appeared at the door.

意味（3）

(informal) A small number.

A couple of billiard balls, all mud and dirt, two battered hats, a champagne bottle […]

意味（4）

One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

意味（5）

(physics) A turning effect created by forces that sum to zero in magnitude but produce a non-zero external torque.

意味（6）

(architecture) A couple-close.

意味（7）

(obsolete) That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

I’ll keep my stables where / I lodge my wife; I’ll go in couples with her;