英:[ei ˈkʌpl]
美:[e ˈkʌpəl]
英:[ei ˈkʌpl]
美:[e ˈkʌpəl]
一对;一双;
idiom
two or a few (of something) This one costs a couple dollars less than that one.—In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple ofI lost interest in the book after a couple chapters.We met a couple years ago.
Can you give me a couple more examples?
two or a few
"How many drinks have you had?" "Oh, just a couple."
idiom
two or a few (of something) This one costs a couple dollars less than that one.—In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple ofI lost interest in the book after a couple chapters.We met a couple years ago.
Can you give me a couple more examples?
two or a few
"How many drinks have you had?" "Oh, just a couple."
1 Choose from regular and high-rise cuts; in a couple of reviews, shoppers recommend the regular version for fellow shorties.
2 My original plan was to coerce a couple of my fellow IEEESpectrum editors to spread out around Manhattan to get a sense of the range of the handhelds in a dense urban environment.
3 Dave, the pianist, played it over a couple of times.
演奏钢琴的戴夫将这支曲子反复弹了两三遍。
4 I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.
我破产了,莉薇,而且我欠了几百万美元的债。
5 He thumbed through a couple of pages, feigning just a slight interest.
他随手翻了几页,假装兴趣不大。
6 He placed the ball and tried a couple of feints.
他把球放好,试着虚打了几下。
7 A couple of inches of dry, powdery snow had fallen.
下了数英寸厚的粉状干雪。
8 He managed to rustle up a couple of blankets.
他很快想办法弄到了几张毯子。
9 The company has bankrolled a couple of local movies.
这家公司已经资助了当地好几部电影。
10 Mason went home for a couple of hours' kip.
梅森回家睡了几个小时。
11 We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically.
我们拼命往外舀水,使它继续漂浮了几个小时。
12 It only lasted a couple of years, as far as I know.
据我所知,它仅仅维持了两三年。
13 I'll pick up on what I said a couple of minutes ago.
我将回到几分钟前我说过的内容。
14 I had a monumental run-in with him a couple of years ago.
几年前,我和他大吵了一架。
15 He was a couple of months over-age for the youth team.
他年龄大了几个月,进不了青年队。
16 Suffice to say, it was more than a couple of years ago!
我只想说,那是几年前的事了!
17 I think I can play maybe for a couple more years.
我想也许我还能再打两年球。