| 单词 | parenthesis |
| 释义 | Word Frequency parenthesis(pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs) nounWord forms: plural -ses (-ˌsiːz) 1. a phrase, often explanatory or qualifying, inserted into a passage with which it is not grammatically connected, and marked off by brackets, dashes, etc 2. Also called: bracket either of a pair of characters, (), used to enclose such a phrase or as a sign of aggregation in mathematical or logical expressions 3. an intervening occurrence; interlude; interval 4. in parenthesis Derived forms parenthetic (ˌpærənˈθɛtɪk) or parenthetical (ˌparenˈthetical) adjective parenthetically (ˌparenˈthetically) adverb Word origin C16: via Late Latin from Greek: something placed in besides, from parentithenai, from para-1 + en-2 + tithenai to put |
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