单词 | in parentheses |
释义 | > as lemmasin parentheses a. The upright curves ( ) used to mark off a word or clause inserted parenthetically; round brackets. Originally as collective singular; now usually in plural (sometimes with singular form). in parentheses (also in (a) parenthesis): in brackets.Occasionally applied to square brackets [ ]. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > brackets parenthesis1582 squadron1618 parathesis1633 brace1656 hooks1680 bracket1750 circumflex1801 round bracket1847 curve1851 angle bracket1890 square bracket1891 paren1905 angled bracket1954 semi-quadratures- 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xvii. 109 Those characts which signify but sound not,..which be in number thirtene, in name & form these: Coma, Colon: Period. Parenthesis (.) interrogation?..the sharp accent [etc.]. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C2 The Kitchin..was no bigger than the Cooks roome in a ship, with a little Court chimney, about the compasse of a Parenthesis in Proclamation print. 1697 T. Crisp Just & Lawful Tryal Foxonian Chief Priests Errata f. A1v There be some words inclosed in Parentheses. 1715 T. Emlyn Full Inq. Orig. Authority Text 65 Our old Bibles..had these Words..in small Letters, and sometimes in a Parenthesis. 1724 S. Lowe Gram. Lat. Tongue Notes 1 The superior letters in parenthesis answer to superiors in the grammar. 1765 R. Spearman Suppl. Wks. John Hutchinson Advt. to Rdr. To which the Editor has added in Parentheses, the correspondent Pages of the 3d Edition. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 274 The Parenthesis serves to inclose such parts of a Period as make no part of the subject. 1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. iv. 390 The parenthesis itself does not supply the place of a point between the parenthetic clause, and the words immediately preceding it. 1823 H. J. Brooke Familiar Introd. Crystallogr. 238 This symbol is placed in a parenthesis to distinguish it from a combination of three simple or mixed decrements. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 11/1 Sentences..in quite angular attitudes, buttressed up by props (of parentheses and dashes). 1923 B. Karlgren Analyt. Dict. Chinese & Sino-Japanese 7 After the Sino-Japanese readings I often add in parenthesis the Kana spelling. 1993 Jrnl. Petrol. 34 402 (table) Standard deviations are given in parentheses. 2008 D. Blakesley & J. L. Hoogeveen Thomson Handbk. liii. 962/1 Parentheses are used to enclose material that interrupts the flow of a sentence or paragraph. < as lemmas |
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