单词 | collocation |
释义 | collocationn. 1. a. The action of setting in a place or position, esp. of placing together with, or side by side with, something else; disposition or arrangement with, or in relation to, others; the state of being so placed. Frequently applied to the arrangement of words in a sentence, of sounds, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > [noun] standing?c1400 situationa1484 setting?1523 disposition?1541 position1556 collocation1605 posture1605 standa1684 lie1697 lay1819 presentation1833 sit1857 gisement1864 orientation1875 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] layingc1330 pitchinga1398 settinga1398 couchingc1400 stowingc1440 placingc1449 stelling1560 disposition1563 location1568 planting1585 situation1589 collocation1605 situating1611 disposurea1625 depositure1635 allodgement1639 instalment1646 fixation1652 deposition1659 lodgement1713 repositing1713 emplacement1742 bestowal1773 locating1774 disposal1828 placement1844 allocation1846 enlodgement1884 siting1902 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > form or order of a work > forming or arranging a work ordinance?a1425 turning1586 collocation1605 ordonnancec1660 casting1865 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ll1v In..Anatomie..they enquire of the Parts, and their Substances, Figures, and Collocations . View more context for this quotation 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. xix. 92 Whosoever..shall set his Bed North and South shall beget male children... Therefore the Iewes hold this Rite of Collocation..to this day. 1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies i. 1 The collocation of the Intervals and Pores. 1751 J. Harris Hermes ii. iv. 276 The Accusative..in modern Languages..being subsequent to its Verb, in the collocation of the words. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 88. ⁋5 The difference of harmony arising..from the collocation of vowels and consonants. 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 81 The formation and collocation of magazines in the country in general. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue xii. 535 All languages use greater freedom of collocation in poetry than in prose. 1881 J. Evans Anc. Bronze Implem. 13 This collocation of various metals, or inlaying them by way of ornament. b. quasi-concrete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [noun] > an arrangement collocation1661 configuration1707 arrangement1800 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 358 The dead collocations of some insensate Treasure. 1833 T. Chalmers On Power of God (1835) I. v. 215 Just as palpable as those of a material collocation. 1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 75 His rattling rhymes and quaint collocations. c. Linguistics. The habitual juxtaposition or association, in the sentences of a language, of a particular word with other particular words; a group of words so associated. Introduced by J. R. Firth as a technical term in modern Linguistics, but not fully separable from examples in sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > collocation > [noun] collocation1940 1940 G. L. Trager in Language XVI. 301 Collocation establishes categories by stating the elements with which the element being studied enters into possible combinations. 1940 G. L. Trager in Language XVI. 303 It is now necessary to establish the collocations of the various forms to see what their functions are. 1951 J. R. Firth in Ess. & Stud. IV. 123 I propose to bring forward as a technical term, meaning by ‘collocation’, and to apply the test of ‘collocability’. 1951 J. R. Firth in Ess. & Stud. IV. 124 General or usual collocations and more restricted technical or personal collocations. 1958 Trans. Philol. Soc. 103 Mutual accompaniment of grammatical categories is termed ‘colligation’; an accompaniment of forms, equally mutual but not generalisable in grammatical terms, is a ‘collocation’. 1963 R. M. W. Dixon Ling. Sci. & Logic 74 The collocation ‘round square’ can occur. ΚΠ 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 143 If the father had not prevented his Son-in-law by the collocation of his daughter to him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1605 |
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