English Dictionary

couple up

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two. / (intransitive) To get into pairs; to become a group of two.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）2つを組み合わせ、連結すること。 / （自動詞）2つになって互いにペアになる、組になること。

Before the competition, the coach decided to couple up the novice dancers to practice their routines together.

大会の前に、コーチは初心者のダンサーたちをペアにしてルーティンを一緒に練習させることにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two.

It is utterly impossible for any factory in the United States to couple up 8,000 feet of hose within ten hours unless they had thirty or forty men on and have the couplings made, […]

意味（2）

(intransitive) To get into pairs; to become a group of two.

By contrast, lesbians are sexually sedate. They don’t cruise sex clubs. They couple up and stay coupled, and they like cuddling and hugging more than they do serious, genitally-based sex.

couples up （ present singular third-person ）

coupling up （ participle present ）

coupled up （ participle past ）

coupled up （ past ）