couple

คำจำกัดความ

1. คำนาม

   Two things of the same kind that go together.

   ตัวอย่าง

   • A couple of police officers came to the door.
   • They gave us a couple of sandwiches.
   ≈brace
2. คำนาม

   Two people in a romantic relationship.

   ตัวอย่าง

   • The couple celebrated their tenth anniversary last week.
   • A young couple moved in next door.
   ≈twosome
3. คำนาม

   A small number of things or people.

   ตัวอย่าง

   • I earn a couple of hundred a month.
   • She read a couple of books on the trip.
   ≈few≈handful
4. คำนาม

   A pair of metal plates in an old kind of battery.

   ตัวอย่าง

   • Each couple in the battery makes a small voltage.
   • The scientist put together several couples to build the battery.
5. คำนาม

   In physics, two equal forces that make something turn.

   ตัวอย่าง

   • The engineer worked out the couple acting on the shaft.
   • A couple of equal and opposite forces causes pure turning.
6. คำนาม

   A pair of beams that forms part of a roof frame.

   ตัวอย่าง

   • The barn roof was built with simple couples.
   • Carpenters raised each couple along the roof ridge.
7. คำนาม

   Something that joins two things together.

   ตัวอย่าง

   • A short chain was the couple between the two carts.
   • The dogs pulled at their couples.
8. คำคุณศัพท์

   Two or a few. Used before a noun in informal speech.

   ตัวอย่าง

   • We talked for a couple hours and felt better.
   • Put a couple guys in a fast car and you have trouble.
9. คำกำหนด

   Two or a few of something.

   ตัวอย่าง

   • A couple fewer people come every week.
   • I'll be there in a couple minutes.
10. คำกริยา

    To join two things together.

    ตัวอย่าง

    • The worker will couple the train cars.
    • I coupled our system to theirs.
    ≈affix