couple

幾個、兩三個口語，多作 a couple of

I'll be back in a couple of minutes, so please wait here.

我幾分鐘後就回來，請在這裡等一下。

情侶、夫妻、伴侶

The young couple next door just moved in last week.

隔壁那對年輕夫妻上星期才搬進來。

一對、兩個

She picked out a couple of apples from the basket.

她從籃子裡挑了兩顆蘋果。

連接、接合

Workers coupled the last two cars to the train.

工人把最後兩節車廂連接到列車上。

結合、伴隨常用被動，與 with 連用

The heat, coupled with the humidity, made sleeping impossible.

高溫再加上潮濕，讓人根本睡不著。