(plural corpora), late 14c., from Latin corpus, literally "body" (see corporeal). The sense of "body of a person" (mid-15c. in English) and "collection of facts or things" (1727 in English) both were present in Latin. Corpus Christi (late 14c.), feast of the Blessed Sacrament, is the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. Also used in various medical phrases, such as corpus callosum (1706, literally "tough body"), corpus luteum (1788, literally "yellow body").
雙語例句
1. a corpus of 100 million words of spoken English
含有1億單詞的英語口語語料庫
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. I've got the corpus of Shakespeare's works.
我有莎士比亞全集.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Trial by jury and the law of habeas corpus were practically suspended.
陪審團審訊和人身保護法實際上都已廢除.
來自飄（部分）
4. The corpus luteum of the previous pregnancy regresses very rapidly.
前次妊娠的黃體很快開始退化.
來自辭典例句
5. In current popular usuage it often means merely a corpus of erroneous but widely held beliefs.