单词 | underscoring |
释义 | > as lemmasunderˈscoring underˈscoring n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > underlining sublineation1651 underscoring1751 underlineation1814 underlining1838 underscore1901 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VII. xcix. 386 You will perhaps, Mr. Walton, wonder at the meaning of the lines drawn under many of the words and sentences (underscoring we call it). 1847 A. W. Kinglake Eothen viii. 101 (note) The underscoring of the word ‘ancient’, is by the writer of the letter. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 165 An emphasis out of place..reminds one of the underscorings in young ladies' letters. 1941 H. Haycraft Murder for Pleasure x. 216 The old, whipped-up underscoring and ‘purple-patchery’. 1983 Notes & Queries Apr. 100/2 The use of an emboldening effect for titles makes the volume easier on the eye than does the usual method of underscoring. < as lemmas |
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