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单词 semi-colon
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semi-colon

Word forms: plural semi-colonsregional note: in AM, usually use semicolon
countable noun
A semi-colon is the punctuation mark ; which is used in writing to separate different parts of a sentence or list or to indicate a pause.

Examples of 'semi-colon' in a sentence
semi-colon

Views on the semi-colon differ.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I have never used a semi-colon willingly.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Just one errant semi-colon will stop code working.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Not a word too many - he struck out redundant adjectives, eschewed the semi-colon.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A colon thus serves a different purpose from a semi-colon.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A semi-colon can be used to separate two main clauses that are related.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Next, we use a semi-colon to define the end of our first declaration.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A semi-colon can be used to join two clauses instead of a conjunction.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And who cares about the correct use of the semi-colon or about split infinitives?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is, for example, no excuse for using more than one semi-colon in a sentence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
semi-colon

British English: semi-colon /ˌsɛmɪˈkəʊlən/ NOUN
A semi-colon is the punctuation mark (;) which you use in writing to separate different parts of a sentence.
  • American English: semicolon
  • Arabic: فَصْلَةٌ مَنْقُوطَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ponto-e-vírgula
  • Chinese: 分号
  • Croatian: točka-zarez
  • Czech: středník
  • Danish: semikolon
  • Dutch: puntkomma
  • European Spanish: punto y coma
  • Finnish: puolipiste
  • French: point virgule
  • German: Semikolon
  • Greek: άνω τελεία
  • Italian: punto e virgola
  • Japanese: セミコロン
  • Korean: 세미콜론
  • Norwegian: semikolon
  • Polish: średnik
  • European Portuguese: ponto e vírgula
  • Romanian: punct și virgulă
  • Russian: точка с запятой
  • Latin American Spanish: punto y coma
  • Swedish: semikolon
  • Thai: เครื่องหมายอัฒภาค ;
  • Turkish: noktalı virgül
  • Ukrainian: крапка з комою
  • Vietnamese: dấu chấm phẩy

Chinese translation of 'semi-colon'

semi-colon

(sɛmɪˈkəulən)

n (c)

  1. 分号(號) (fēnhào)
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