SKELL

SKELL取自Sketch Engine for Language Learning的单词首字母，顾名思义，这是一个简易的词语搜索引擎，它是基于包含数十亿词的新闻、学术论文、维基百科文章、小说、网页和博客的语料库。

SkELL简介

SkELL (Sketch Engine for Language Learning) is a simple tool for students and teachers of English to easily check whether or how a particular phrase or a word is used by real speakers of English.

No registration or payment required. Just type a word and click a button.

All examples, collocations and synonyms were identified automatically by ingenious algorithms and state-of-the-art software analysing large multi-billion samples of text. No manual work was involved.

三大功能

1. 例句（Examples in context）

Use the Examples button to display examples of the word or phrase in context. Type a word (e.g. controllable) or a phrase (e.g. in regard to) and click the Search button, you will get up to 40 example sentences.

2. 搭配（Word Sketch）

Word Sketch is a summary of the most typical collocations divided into logical categories. Word Sketch in SkELL is available for every content word, i.e. noun, adjective, adverb or verb. Collocation is a typical combination of two words. Using correct collocations makes the language correct, natural, and advanced. Using incorrect collocations will not usually cause misunderstanding but will be considered incorrect and unnatural. Collocations cannot be guessed, they must be learnt. This is why Word Sketch in SkELL is an invaluable tool.

3. 同义词（Similar words, Synonyms)

Similar words can be used to display a list of similar words. The list is generated automatically which means is available for every word in the language, provided there are enough examples in the corpus. You will get a list of up to 40 most similar words.