1.[singspv]~ (of sth)两人；两件事物two people or things
I saw a couple of men get out.我看见有两个男人出去了。
2.[singspv]~ (of sth)几个人；几件事物a small number of people or things
a couple of minutes几分钟
We went there a couple of years ago.我们几年前去过那里。
I've seen her a couple of times before.我以前见过她几次。
I'll be with you in a minute. There are a couple of things I have to do first.我一会儿就到你那里去。我有几件事情得先处理一下。
There are a couple more files to read first.还有几份档案要先看一看。
We can do it in the next couple of weeks.我们可在今后几个星期里完成这件事。
The last couple of years have been difficult.最近的几年一直是困难重重。
3.[cspv]（人）一对；（尤指）夫妻，情侣two people who are seen together, especially if they are married or in a romantic or sexual relationship
married couples几对夫妇
a young/an elderly couple年轻╱老年夫妇
Several couples were on the dance floor.有几对情侣在跳舞。
The couple was/were married in 2006.这对夫妇于 2006 年结婚。
1.[t][usupass]（把车辆或设备等）连接，结合to join together two parts of sth, for example two vehicles or pieces of equipment
The two train cars had been coupled together.两节火车车厢已经挂上钩了。
CDTV uses a CD-ROM system that is coupled to a powerful computer.动态视频系统使用的是与大功率计算机相连的只读光盘系统。
2.[i]性交；交配to have sex
With school out for the summer and only a couple of days before we were to leave, I began to give up hope of finding my great orange tip.
学校正在放暑假，再有几天我们也要离开了，我开始对找到硕大的橙色尖翅粉蝶不抱希望。
"In the last couple of years, financial activity became less related than we've seen before to real economic developments, " he said.
“在过去几年，较之以前，金融活动已变得不再与实体经济发展那么相关了，”维廷说。
A couple of years ago, the sea ice did not form at all until December and was gone again in March.
冰面的形成在二三年前已经推迟到十二月，而到来年三月却又融化的无影无踪。
It's a target but I said a couple of weeks ago if he gets over 30 I'll be delighted and I'll stick to that.
这是个目标，但我几周前我说如果他能进30球的话我就很高兴了，现在也是一样。
There was a sharp yelp, a flirt of the poodle's head, and the beetle fell a couple of yards away, and lit on its back once more.
狮子狗尖叫一声，猛然摇了一下头，于是甲虫被它摔出了有一两码，摔得仰面朝天。
One marriage expert says parents' behavior should depend on the age of their kids, and also on a tougher criterion: how the couple argue.
一位婚姻专家说，父母的行为应当取决于孩子的年龄，也取决于一个更严格的标准：两口子吵架的方式是什么样的。
A couple semesters later my section started to grow, and I soon had to turn people away because my section was full.
两个学期之后，我的班上出现了越来越多的学生，很快地，我不得不因为选课人数的限制而拒绝一些同学。
Professor Kwak Dae-kyung of Seoul's Dongguk University told the Yonhap news agency that the couple appeared to have lost track of reality.
首尔东国大学的郭达坤（KwakDae-kyung）教授告诉韩联社，这对夫妻似乎已经游离于现实生活之外了。
"I grew up with all this back in Pittsburgh, so I've been looking for it here for a couple years, and now I've found it, " he says.
他说：“我从小在匹茨堡生活，一直吃这种饺子。我找了两三年，终于找到了。”
After a couple of times of studying the right way, most people will be surprised at how much they can actually enjoy studying.
在若干次学习了正确的方法之后，大多数人会很惊讶，他们实际上是多么享受学习。
A It's just a couple of hours to walk through it. There's so much to see.
A从头到尾走一趟也要两三个小时。有太多的东西值得看。
Justice Hugh Bennett said the petition for divorce by Mills was granted on the grounds that the couple had lived apart for two years.
法官休•本尼特说，鉴于麦卡特尼和米尔斯已分居两年的事实，米尔斯提出的离婚诉讼请求获准。
For a couple of months, I waited until she contacted me to tell me about life as an illegally employed adolescent in the big city.
有几个月的时间，我一直等她的消息，直到她联系我并告诉我她在大城市身为非法移民童工的生活。
In the past couple of years, to try to keep the economy out of a tailspin, it has more than doubled the size of the so-called monetary base.
过去几年中，为了保持经济不失控，美联储将所谓的基础货币规模增加了一倍多。
Oh, and I had a few pretzels and a couple of bags of peanuts and maybe a few more pinks of beer.
哦，我还吃了些脆饼干和几袋花生可能还多喝了几扎啤酒。
His wife, Lai Yamei has also joined him as a volunteer, and for the past seven years the couple have been inseparable.
他的太太赖亚梅也一同投入志工行列，七年来，夫妻俩总是同进同出。
There was a news that a couple finally got to meet and married since the day they broke up due to the World War II.
最近有新闻报道一对在二次世界大战中分手的男女终于再次相遇并且结婚。
Just as a train is about to go, a young couple rush in and they're just about to close the pneumatic doors.
就在火车要开的时候，一对年轻恋人冲了进来这时候气动门马上就要关闭了。
"You know what I'm talking about, " Mrs. Claus told the Obamas, referring to the couple's nights out on the town together.
圣诞夫人对奥巴马总统一家说：“你们明白我的意思。”她指的是奥巴马夫妇的浪漫夜游。
But for the past couple of years, my wife and I have radically changed our diet and try to eat meat or fish only a couple of times a week.
在过去几年中，我和妻子已经完全改变了日常食谱，尽量每周只吃一两次肉或鱼。
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