【couple音标】 英[ˈkʌpl] 美[ˈkʌpl]
【单词释义】 couple是什么意思：
n.对，双；情侣，配偶，夫妻；几个，两三个
vt.&vi.连在一起，连接；成双，结婚；性交，交配
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] couples [第三人称单数] couples
[单词现在分词] coupling
[单词过去式] coupled
[单词过去分词] coupled
【couple形近词/近似词】
purple adj.紫色的 v.使成紫色
people n.人，人类；人们 vt.居住于；布满；使住满人
maple n.枫树
【单词例句】
◇ For years, couples have dedicated a single "ring" finger to romance when any other digit would do. A case of left side, strong side? Not according to history.
多年来，情人们都是把象征爱情的戒指戴在左手的无名指上，虽然其他任何手指也可以履行这一职责。难道左手是更好的那只手吗？历史上可不是这样说的。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ Calm yourself. To defuse your anger, try a simple stress-management technique. "Take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, someone you love," Luskin says.
保持冷静。为了避免发怒，尝试一个简单的压力处理法。卢斯金建议：“吸上几口气，想一想那些让你开心的事，如：美丽的风景，心爱的人。”
◇ One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer’s office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.
在一个阳光明媚的日子里，一对70多岁的老夫妇走进了律师事务所。显然地，他们准备到那儿办理离婚手续。律师对这对年老的夫妇提出要离婚的事感到非常困惑。后来，跟他们交谈了之后，他得知他们之间的故事。
---- Life Together
◇ About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
十年前我还是一名在校大学生，那时我在学校的自然历史博物馆实习。一天，在礼品店的收银机那儿工作时，我看到一对老年夫妇推着一个坐轮椅的小女孩走了进来。
---- World of Smiles