collocate
collocate
verb
verb
- [no obj.](Linguistics)(of a word) be habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance
(语言学)（词）（习惯上）与…搭配，与…组合（使用），与…连用
‘maiden’ collocates with ‘voyage’.
maiden习惯上可与voyage搭配。 - [with obj.](rare)place side by side or in a particular relation
(罕)并列放置，使并列；配置
[as adj.collocated]McAndrew was a collocated facility with Argentia Naval Station.
麦克安德鲁是配合阿真舍海军基地的军事设施。
- (Linguistics)a word that is habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance
(语言学)（习惯）搭配词；连用词
collocates for the word ‘mortgage’ include ‘lend’ and ‘property’.
可以和mortgage 连用的词包括lend 和property。
- early 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin collocat- 'placed together', from the verb collocare, from col- 'together' + locare 'to place'. Sense 1 dates from the 1950s
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