English Dictionary

couple

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkʌpəl/

名詞

くだけた表現 廃用

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

日本語の意味

恋愛関係にある二人、カップル、夫婦など / 同じ種類のものが二つセットであること、一組として扱われるもの / 口語で、少数や少々の数量を意味する

The couple walked hand in hand along the beach at sunset, sharing stories and laughter.

その恋人同士は夕暮れの海辺を手をつないで歩き、話をしたり笑い合った。

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;

couples （ plural ）