couple

英 ['k?p(?)l] 美['k?pl]

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復(fù)數(shù):?couples;

couple 夫婦，一對(duì)

來自co-,強(qiáng)調(diào)，-ap，連接，匹配，見apt,copula.

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."

1. The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.: 為了擺脫媒體的關(guān)注，這對(duì)新人在加勒比喜結(jié)連理。

2. Dave, the pianist, played it over a couple of times.: 演奏鋼琴的戴夫?qū)⑦@支曲子反復(fù)彈了兩三遍。

3. She had hoped the couple would put on a show of unity.: 她曾經(jīng)希望那對(duì)夫婦會(huì)表現(xiàn)出和睦相處的樣子。