Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #7420
corpus
语料库；文集
a collection of written or spoken texts; a collection of writings
- 1.
A collection of written or spoken texts.
书面或口头文本的汇集。
- 2.
capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
本金
- 3.
A structure of a special character or function in the animal body.
动物体内具有特殊性质或功能的结构。
- 4.
a collection of writings
文集
- 5.
the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
主体
本金；体；主体；书面或口头文本的汇集。；动物体内具有特殊性质或功能的结构。；文集
In use
The researchers built a large corpus of spoken English to study how people actually talk.
In our linguistics class, we analyzed a corpus of news articles from the last decade.
This dictionary was compiled from a corpus of over one billion words.
he edited the Hemingway corpus
corpus of [something]
corpus常与of连用，表示某基金或财产的本金部分。
The corpus of the trust fund is $1 million.
信托基金的本金是100万美元。
[verb] the corpus
动词常为invest, use, spend等。
The manager decided to invest the corpus in bonds.
经理决定将本金投资于债券。
Connections
Collocations
- corpus analysis
- 语料库分析
- The researcher used corpus analysis to study word frequency.研究者使用语料库分析来研究词频。
- corpus data
- 语料库数据
- Corpus data provide evidence for language patterns.语料库数据为语言模式提供了证据。
- corpus linguistics
- 语料库语言学
- Corpus linguistics has revolutionized the study of language.语料库语言学彻底改变了语言研究。
- corpus of texts
- 文本语料库
- They built a large corpus of texts from various genres.他们建立了一个包含各种体裁的大型文本语料库。
- corpus-based study
- 基于语料库的研究
- This corpus-based study examines collocations in academic writing.这项基于语料库的研究考察了学术写作中的搭配。
- spoken corpus
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：corpus是拉丁文‘身体’，本金是投资的主体，语料库是语言的主体。
Context & Register
[object Object]
Grammar Note
复数形式常为 corpora，也可拼作 corpuses/corpusses。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the -us ending but their stressed vowels differ (e.g., /ɔ/ in corpus vs /oʊ/ in focus). They are useful for comparing the spelling pattern 'us' but are not true rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.