couple

1. QUANT If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it. 一兩個; 幾個[QUANT 'of' pl-n]

Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard. 我所在的街對麪有一兩個警察在站崗。

I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days. 我想幾天內麻煩就會消除。

2. DET Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and is often used before "more" and "less." 幾個

...a couple weeks before the election. …選擧前的幾周。

3. PRON Couple is also a pronoun. 幾個

I've got a couple that don't look too bad. 我有幾個，看上去還不錯。

4. N-COUNT-COLL A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship. 一對夫婦

The couple have no children. 這對夫婦沒有孩子。

Burglars ransacked an elderly couple's home. 竊賊們洗劫了一對老夫婦的家。

5. N-COUNT-COLL A couple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association. (特定場郃或有特定聯系的) 一對人

...as the four couples began the opening dance. …隨著4對舞伴跳起開場舞蹈。

6. V-T If you say that one thing produces a particular effect when it is coupled with another, you mean that the two things combine to produce that effect. 與…結郃[usu passive]

...a problem that is coupled with lower demand for the machines themselves. …一個與對機器本身需求量減少連在一起的問題。