a couple of后面跟单数还是复数

a couple of 是‘一对’的意思 也可以表示一对夫妇后面是跟可数名词复数形式表“一对，两，一双”。作主语时，谓语动词是用单数。

a couple of后面跟单数还是复数

a couple of+n（c）。作主语时谓语动词通常用单数。a couple of 表示两个，后接名词需要复数形式，意义是复数，所以用在主语位置需要复数动词。

它有两个含义

1.两个

e.g.There is a couple of boys waiting for you.

2.一些，几个

e.g.I don't know why I feel so tired, I only had a couple of drinks.

a couple of和a pair of的区别

1. a couple of：这个词组表示的不一定是配对的东西，数量上有时也不一定指两个，也可以指“几个”。

例句1：A couple of teenagers were talking on the doorstep.

一对年轻人在门阶上谈话。

例句2：I have already met Mike a couple of times.

我已经见过麦克好几次了。

例句3： Mary gave us a couple of tickets last night.

昨天晚上玛丽给了我们几张票。

2. a pair of ：这个词组表示的一定是配对的东西，一对，一双的意思。

例句4：My mother bought me a pair of shoes yesterday.

我妈妈昨天给我买了一双鞋。

例句5：I was searching for a pair of grey gloves to go with my new gown.

我在找一副灰色手套来配我的新礼服。

例句6：She clamped a pair of headphones over her ears.

couple有哪些意思

n.

对，双

例句：

He came back with a couple of rabbits.

他带了一对兔子回来。

例句：

They were an odd couple.

他们是奇怪的一对。

配偶，夫妻 [C]

例句：

Just after a couple left my office one evening, I heard what sounded like a gunshot.

一天晚上，一对夫妇刚离开我的办公室，我就听到好像有一声枪响。

例句：

Next door to us there's a couple from the USA.

我们隔壁住着来自美国的一对夫妇。

几个，数个，两三个

例句：

This is a new pair of shoes, you have to break them in for a couple of days.

这是一双新鞋，你得试穿几天让它合脚。

例句：

Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard.

我对面的街上有几名警官在站岗。

v.

结合，连接 [I,T]

例句：

The wire was coupled on the plug.

这条导线接到了插头上。

例句：

The brakeman coupled two freight cars.

制动员把两节货车连结到一起。

加上 [I]

例句：

Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration.

过量使用那些药物再加上饮食缺乏营养，导致健康状况恶化。

例句：

This, coupled with the fact that flying machines remained universally a subject for jeers and derision, made the brothers secretive.

这一点，加上飞行器仍是人们普遍嘲笑和讥讽的对象，使得兄弟俩只能暗地里行事。

couple相关短语

a couple of

一对，一双，两三个

married couple

已婚夫妇

couple up

把…耦联起来