couple

/ˈkʌp.əl/

意味: カップル、2つ

例文: Lena adopted a couple of talking mushrooms.
　　  レナは話すキノコを2つ飼った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: married couple(夫婦), couple of days(数日), couple therapy(カップルセラピー)

定義: 2人または2つのものを指す言葉です。特に、恋人や夫婦のように親しい関係にある2人を指すことが多いです。また、数を表すときに「2つの」という意味でも使われます。

coupleは約6,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a pair who associate with one another
Noun: a pair of people who live together
Noun: a small indefinite number
Noun: two items of the same kind
Noun: (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
Verb: bring two objects, ideas, or people together
Verb: link together
Verb: form a pair or pairs
Verb: engage in sexual intercourse

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

They are a happy couple.(彼らは幸せなカップルです。)
I bought a couple of books yesterday.(昨日、数冊の本を買いました。)
The couple danced all night long.(そのカップルは一晩中踊りました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the engaged couple
Noun: an inseparable twosome
Noun: a married couple from Chicago
Noun: he’s coming for a couple of days
Verb: This fact is coupled to the other one
Verb: Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
Verb: The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
Verb: can we couple these proposals?
Verb: The two old friends paired off
Verb: Birds mate in the Spring

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): brace, copulate, couple, couple on, couple up, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, match, mate, mates, pair, pair off, partner off, span, twain, twin, twosome, yoke

Antonyms(反意語): uncouple

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attach, family, join, pair, small indefinite quantity, two, unit, unite

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): affix, ally with, anastomose, ankylose, append, assemble, attach, band together, bell, bind, bridge, chain, clip, close, close up, club, cog, confederate, connect, consociate, copulate, couple, craps, cross-link, crumb, dab, dollop, dreg, drop, fair, fasten, feather, federate, fixate, glue, graft, group, hair’s-breadth, handful, harness, helping, hinge, hitch, hook up, insert, jack, knit, league, ligate, limber, little, marriage, marry, match, minimum, miter, modicum, molecule, morsel, mortice, mount, nail, nip, nose, pair, patch, peg, pin down, ply, quilt, rabbet, rebate, reunify, ring, saddle, scarf, scattering, seam, shoestring, shred, shtik, solder, sovietize, splice, spot, spray, step, tad, tag, tape, taste, tether, tot, touch, trace, unit cell, weld, yoke

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): breed, deflower, dink, dipole, doubleton, mismatch, mismate, nick, power couple, ride, same-sex marriage, serve, sleep together, sodomize, tread

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: copulation, copulatory, couple, coupler, coupling, match, mate, mating, pair, pairing

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun, uncountable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): co

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: