释义 |
interpunctuate, v.|ɪntəˈpʌŋktjuːeɪt| [inter- 1 a.] trans. and absol. To insert the points between words and clauses; to punctuate. Also fig.
1850Fraser's Mag. XLII. 701 They remind one of the nightmares which occasionally interpunctuate the festivities of the Christmas week. 1853W. Kay in Missionary III. 241 The notorious use of vel was what made it unnecessary to interpunctuate. 1891Black & White 12 Dec. 770 2 Sir William Harcourt is a man of humour, and inter-punctuates the serious business of his speech with conspicuous laughter. |