Толковый словарь английского языка - couple
Couple
couple
I. noun see: apt Date: 13th century 1. two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired, two persons paired together, pair , brace , something that joins or links two things together: as, two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines, a pair of substances that in contact with an electrolyte participate in a transfer of electrons which causes an electric current to flow, an indefinite small number ; few , ~dom noun II. verb (~d; coupling) Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to connect for consideration together, to join for combined effect, 2. to fasten together ; link , to bring (two electric circuits) into such close proximity as to permit mutual influence, to join in marriage or sexual union, intransitive verb to unite in sexual union, join , to unite chemically, III. adjective Date: 1924 two , Usage: The adjective use of a ~, without of, has been called nonstandard, but it is not. In both British and American English it is standard before a word (as more or less) indicating degree Middle English writing — Charles Barber>. Its use before an ordinary plural noun is an Americanism, common in speech and in writing that is not meant to be formal or elevated first ~ chapters are pretty good — E. B. White (letter)> hire — Garrison Keillor>. It is most frequently used with periods of time and numbers .
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n. & v. --n. 1 (usu. foll. by of; often as sing.) a two (a couple of girls). b about two (a couple of hours). 2 (often as sing.) a a married or engaged pair. b a pair of partners in a dance, a game, etc. c a pair of rafters. 3 (pl. couple) a pair of hunting dogs (six couple of hounds). 4 (in pl.) a pair of joined collars used for holding hounds together. 5 Mech. a pair of equal and parallel forces acting in opposite directions, and tending to cause rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane containing them. --v. 1 tr. fasten or link together; connect (esp. railway carriages). 2 tr. (often foll. by together, with) associate in thought or speech (papers coupled their names; couple our congratulations with our best wishes). 3 intr. copulate. 4 tr. Physics connect (oscillators) with a coupling. Etymology: ME f. OF cople, cuple, copler, cupler f. L copulare, L COPULA ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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