Coupling

(noun.) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; 'the casual couplings of adolescents'; 'the mating of some species occurs only in the spring'.

(noun.) a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects.

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• True, he hated promiscuity even worse than marriage, and a liaison was only another kind of coupling, reactionary from the legal marriage. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• In his new engine, the Samson, he adopted the plan of coupling the fore and rear wheels of the engine. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Many thousands of these have been patented, but the Janney coupling, patented April 29, 1873, No. 138,405, is the most representative type. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The automatic car coupling is another important life-saving improvement. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Coupling together many circumstances which had at first escaped his observation, he thought I had not treated her well. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• They shake hands and embrace each other over and over again, the trooper still coupling his How do you do, my dear old fellow! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• When the extra vents of the reservoir are not used, they can be closed by a short rubber coupling and a pinch cock. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• I was holding to the hand-rods and crouching low, my feet on the coupling. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Couplings in these pipes serve to quickly disconnect the engine when the run to the fire is to be made. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This air passing through a train pipe connected by hose couplings between cars charges an auxiliary reservoir under each car. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The year 1900 is to witness the compulsory adoption of automatic car couplings on all cars. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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