A car with two doors and a roof that slopes down to the back. Lower, sleeker, less room in the seats behind — a coupé is what you buy when you care more about the shape than about carrying your family.

A car一種車 with two doors有兩個車門 and a roof that slopes down to the back車頂往後傾斜滑下 Lower, sleeker車身較低、較流線 less room in the seats behind後座空間較小 when you care more about the shape當你比較在乎外型 than about carrying your family而不是要載全家人的時候 a coupécoupé is what you buy就是你會買的車

The pronunciation splits by country, and it splits sharply. In Britain and most of Europe, two syllables: KOO-pay. In America, one: KOOP, rhyming with soup, and often written without the accent — coupe. Both are correct where they are said. If you learned British English, KOO-pay is your form.

The pronunciation splits by country這個字的發音因國家而不同 and it splits sharply而且差別很大 In Britain and most of Europe在英國和大部分歐洲 two syllables是兩個音節 KOO-payKOO-pay In America在美國 one只有一個音節 KOOPKOOP rhyming with soup跟soup(湯)押韻 and often written without the accent而且常常不寫重音符號 coupe寫成coupe Both are correct兩種說法都對 where they are said在各自的地方 If you learned British English如果你學的是英式英文 KOO-pay is your formKOO-pay就是你該用的發音

Car companies have stretched this word out of shape in recent years. There are now "four-door coupés" and "coupé SUVs," which by the old definition is nonsense — four doors and a coupé are opposites. But marketing won. Now coupé mostly signals "sloping roof, sporty look" and the door count is negotiable.

Car companies汽車公司 in recent years這幾年來 have stretched this word out of shape把這個字的意思用得走樣了 There are now現在有 'four-door coupés'「四門coupé」 and 'coupé SUVs,'和「coupé休旅車」 which by the old definition is nonsense這在舊定義裡根本說不通 four doors and a coupé are opposites四個門跟coupé根本是相反的東西 But marketing但行銷 won贏了 Now coupé mostly signals現在coupé主要代表 'sloping roof, sporty look'「傾斜車頂、運動外型」 and the door count is negotiable門的數量反而可以商量

Older drivers still find this irritating. Compare with sedan (American) or saloon (British), the ordinary four-door family car — that is the thing a coupé is defined against.

Older drivers年紀比較大的駕駛人 still find this irritating還是覺得這樣很惱人 Compare with拿來比較的是 sedan (American)sedan(美式說法) or saloon (British)或saloon(英式說法) the ordinary four-door family car這種一般四門的家庭房車 that is the thing a coupé is defined against而coupé就是相對於這種車來定義的