| 单词 | shriek-mark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshriek-mark e. colloquial. A note of exclamation (!). Also shriek-mark. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > exclamation mark admiration1587 note (also mark, point, sign) of admiration1611 exclamation point1656 note of exclamation1656 shriek-mark1864 screamer1895 exclamation mark1896 1864 H. Alford Plea for Queen's Eng. (ed. 2) §128. 93 A note of admiration consists..of a point with an upright line suspended over it... These shrieks, as they have been called, are scattered up and down the page by the compositors without mercy. 1864 H. Alford Plea for Queen's Eng. (ed. 2) §128. 93 Our friend the compositor is sure to write ‘Oh’ with a shriek (!) and to put another shriek after ‘Sir’. 1933 E. Blunden & S. Norman We'll shift our Ground 16 It remained only to add the shriek-marks and to discover a heroine. 1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation i. 9 In her mind's eye she saw the printed score-sheet, ‘N × P!!’, shriek-mark, shriek-mark. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Apr. 521/1 He reviewed Principia Mathematica... He was the only man at the college who could read its curlicues, shrieks, and hooks. < as lemmas |
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