n.[C]

1. （一）对，（一）双[（+of）]
2. 夫妇；未婚夫妻；一对舞伴[G]
   The young couple decided to start their tour immediately.

   那对年轻夫妇决定立即开始旅游。

3. 【口】几个，三两个[S][（+of）]
   They walked a couple of miles.

   他们步行了几英里。

vt.

1. 连接；结合；把……拴在一起[（+to/together/with）]
2. 联想；与……联系起来[H][（+with）]
   His intelligence, coupled with her patience, overcame all difficulties.

   他的智慧，配上她的耐心，克服了重重困难。

   His name was coupled with hers.

   他的名字与她的连在了一起。

3. 使成夫妇

vi.

1. 结合；成婚[（+with）]
2. 【动】交配[（+with）]

n.

1. two individuals of the same sort considered together.
2. [treated as sing. or pl.] two people who are married or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually.
3. informal an indefinite small number:
   a couple of days ago.
4. Mechanics  a pair of equal and parallel forces acting in opposite directions, and tending to cause rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane containing them.

v.

1. join to form a pair.
   ▸ (often be coupled to/with) combine.
   ▸connect (a railway vehicle or a piece of equipment) to another.
2. have sexual intercourse.