corpus

noun

/ˈkɔːpəs/

/ˈkɔːrpəs/

(plural corpora

/ˈkɔːpərə/

/ˈkɔːrpərə/

, corpuses

/ˈkɔːpəsɪz/

/ˈkɔːrpəsɪz/

)

(specialist)

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a collection of written or spoken texts（书面或口语的）文集，文献，汇编；语料库
- a corpus of 100 million words of spoken English含有 1 亿单词的英语口语语料库
- the whole corpus of Renaissance poetry文艺复兴时期诗歌的总汇
see also habeas corpus
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a human or animal body): from Latin, literally ‘body’. The current sense dates from the early 18th cent.

BNC: 7420 COCA: 10962

corpus

Collections, stores and sets of things: agglomeration, arsenal, assemblage...