English Dictionary

coupling

/ˈkʌplɪŋ/

noun

Act of joining together to form a couple. / A device that couples two things together. / (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.

The coupling of the two train cars was done smoothly.

意味（1）

Act of joining together to form a couple.

It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids.

意味（2）

A device that couples two things together.

意味（3）

(software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.

Coordinate term: cohesion

意味（4）

(electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.

意味（5）

(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other

意味（6）

(sexuality) Sexual intercourse.

The biggest film of March 1992 was “Basic Instinct,” an erotic thriller featuring an established movie star in explicit onscreen couplings with a sexy up-and-comer.