单词 | paren |
释义 | parenn. Chiefly Printing. = parenthesis n. 2a. Usually in plural. 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- 1905 F. H. Collins Author & Printer 282/2 Parenthesis, pl. -es, abbr. parens.;..the upright curves ( ). 1948 Words into Type 282 (note) The terms curves, brackets, and round brackets are never used in printing offices for parentheses. The term there used is parens, separately designated open paren and close paren. 1972 Scholarly Publishing Apr. 270 We'll lay you five to one they won't see that comma before a paren. 2001 Communication World (Nexis) 1 Oct. 32 ‘(Mr.) Lynn Railsback’, who shows us how a pair of parens can sometimes head-off confusion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1905 |
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