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单词 point of exclamation
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point of exclamation
c. note of exclamation, point of exclamation, also (originally U.S.) exclamation mark, exclamation point: a punctuation mark (!) indicating an exclamation; cf. note (also mark, point, †sign) of admiration at admiration n. Phrases 2. Also figurative.
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1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 271 A note of Exclamation or Admiration, thus noted!
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Exclamation..a note by which a pathetical sentence is marked thus!
1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 170 The note of Exclamation is applied to expressions of sudden emotion, surprise, joy, grief, &c.
1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 169 The Interrogative point, ? The Exclamation point, !
1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 668 The Exclamation point, !
1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 669 The Interrogation and exclamation points are indeterminate as to their quantity or time.
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Exclamation, A sign by which emphatical utterance or outcry is marked; thus [!];—called also exclamation point.
1896 S. R. Crockett Cleg Kelly xiii. 93 The egg..made a long yolky mark of exclamation on the ground.
1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 569/2 Excessive use of exclamation marks is..one of the things that betray the uneducated or unpractised writer.
1959 Times 29 May 18/2 Characterization [of a play] is in exclamation points.
1963 V. Nabokov Gift iii. 153 She was slowly mixing a white exclamation mark of sour cream into her borshch.
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