- 1連綴動詞；系詞（語言學用語）
A copula is a linking verb: it does not show an action, it joins the subject to what you are saying about it. In 'The house seems big', seems is the copula — it links house to big.
A copula一個copula is a linking verb是一種連綴動詞 it does not show an action它不表示動作 it joins the subject to what you are saying about it它把主詞和你要說的內容連起來 In 'The house seems big'在'The house seems big'這句裡 seems is the copulaseems就是copula it links house to big它把house和big連起來
Be is the most common one (is, are, was, were). Seem, become, appear, feel, look, and remain can work this way too, though actually grammar teachers do not all draw the line in the same place, and some lists are tidier than real sentences.
Be這個字 is the most common one是最常見的一個 (is, are, was, were)（is、are、was、were） Seem, become, appear, feel, look, and remainSeem、become、appear、feel、look、remain這些字 can work this way too也可以這樣用 though actually grammar teachers do not all draw the line in the same place不過其實文法老師畫的界線不見得一致 and some lists are tidier than real sentences有些清單列得比真實句子還整齊
You meet this word in grammar class, not in the street. It is a teacher's and linguist's word. The everyday name in Taiwan classrooms is often 連綴動詞 — same idea, friendlier clothes.
You meet this word in grammar class你會在文法課上遇到這個詞 not in the street不會在路上聽到 It is a teacher's and linguist's word這是老師和語言學家用的詞 The everyday name in Taiwan classrooms is often 連綴動詞台灣課堂上常見的說法是「連綴動詞」 same idea, friendlier clothes同一個概念，換件更親切的外衣
core核心畫面
組成From Latin copula, 'a joining': co- (together) + apere (to fasten). Couple is the same Latin word that came into English by another road; they are doublets.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
copulanoun/ˈkɒpjʊlə/
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grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.
- I begin by arguing in section 2 that there are in fact at least two Celtic copulas, a grammatical copula that simply spells out tense and agreement, and a substantive copula formed on a lexically listed verbal stem.
- The theory of conjunctively tensed copulae will be developed and stated with more precision in the following section.
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The bond or relationship by which two things are combined into a unity.
- The fact that in milk the copula or bond is exceedingly slight is evident from the spontaneous resolution of milk when left in a vessel, its resolution, namely, into cream—a white substance of comparative consistency,—and a sourish fluid; also from its ready resolution when, merely by motion, it is turned into butter, or, by heat, into various kinds of curds.
- I quite correctly defined logical copulation by means [of] the copula of inclusion.
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mathematicssciencesstatisticsA function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
- In 2000, David X. Li, a banker with a doctorate in statistics who was then at RiskMetrics, part of J. P. Morgan Chase, began using mathematical functions called Gaussian copulas to estimate the likelihood of corporations’ dying in unison.
- There is little statistical theoretical theory for copulas. Sensitivity studies of estimation procedures and goodness-of-fit tests for copulas are unknown.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.
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biologynatural-sciencesThe act of copulation; mating.
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