couldn't

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(=could not)不能

发音

US /ˈkʊd.n̩t/

别名

cou'dn't cudden

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    could not (negative auxiliary)

    You couldn’t lend me a lighter, could you?

    ‘Would you like another drink?’ ‘No thanks, I couldn’t.’

相关短语

can't help but 不得不; 不能不; 必须; 只好 couldn't happen to a nicer couldn't care less couldn't seem couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery couldn't carry a note in a bucket couldn't pour water out of a boot couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel couldn't organise a chook raffle couldn't stop a pig in a passage couldn't be more different couldn't help couldn't have cared less

词源

From could + n’t.

来源：wiktionary