couple是什么意思（couple的用法）

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一、couple是什么意思

1、couple 夫妇，一对

2、来自co-,强调，-ap，连接，匹配，见apt,copula.

二、couple的用法

1、couple

2、couple: [13] The notion underlying couple is of ‘joining’. The noun came into English via Old French from Latin cōpula ‘tie, connection’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and the verb apere ‘fasten’ (source of English apt, adapt, adept, and inept). Derived from it was the verb cōpulāre, source of English copulate [17].=> adapt, adept, apt, copulate, inept

3、couple (v.)

4、c. 1200, from Old French copler, from cople (see couple (n.)). Related: Coupled; coupling.

5、couple (n.)

6、late 13c., from Old French cople "married couple, lovers" (12c., Modern French couple), from Latin copula "tie, connection," from PIE *ko-ap-, from *ko(m)- "together" + *ap- "to take, reach." Meaning broadened mid-14c. to "any two things."

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