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collocation

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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col·lo·ca·tion /ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən $ ˌkɑː-/ noun [countable, uncountable] technical  SLthe way in which some words are often used together, or a particular combination of words used in this way 〔词语的〕组合,连用,搭配 ‘Commit a crime’ is a typical collocation in English. commit a crime(犯罪)是英语中一个典型的搭配。
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collocationIn the second investigation, a general collocation dictionary was tested using the same document.What type of collocations should be included?This result implies that domain-specific collocations may be superior to general collocations in analysing documents from the same domain.Evidently, there are a number of limitations to the collocation analysis technique.However, this investigation used collocations extracted from a domain-specific corpus, and test data taken from the same domain.Another metric by which collocations can be classified is according to the behaviour of the constituent words within the immediate context or concordance.One metric by which collocations may be measured and grouped is to rate them on a scale of probability.
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collocation
collocation /ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən $ ˌkɑː-/ noun [uncountable and countable] technical
the way in which some words are often used together, or a particular combination of words used in this way:
    ‘Commit a crime’ is a typical collocation in English.


col·lo·ca·tionBrE /ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkɑːləˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun (linguistics 语言学) [countable] a combination of words in a language, that happens very often and more frequently than would happen by chance 词组;组合'Resounding success' and 'crying shame' are English collocations. resounding success 和 crying shame 是英语里的两个搭配词组。🔊🔊 [uncountable] the fact of two or more words often being used together, in a way that happens more frequently than would happen by chance (词语的)搭配,连用Advanced students need to be aware of the importance of collocation. 层次较高的学生需要意识到词语搭配的重要性。🔊🔊