corpus

corpus
[ˈkɔːpəs]
(pl. corpora corpuses)
  1. a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject
    文集;(尤指同一作者或某一专题的)全集
    the Darwinian corpus.
    达尔文全集。
    ■a collection of written or spoken material in machine-readable form, assembled for the purpose of studying linguistic structures, frequencies, etc
    (用于研究,可机读的)资料;素材
  2. (Anatomy)the main body or mass of a structure
    (剖)体;身体
    ■the central part of the stomach, between the fundus and the antrum
    胃体
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting a human or animal body): from Latin, literally body'. Sense 1 dates from the early 18th cent
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