| 单词 | parenthesis |
| 释义 | parenthesis From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishLetters & punctuationparenthesispa‧ren‧the‧sis /pəˈrenθɪsɪs/ ●○○ noun (plural parentheses /-siːz/) [countable usually plural]1 SLAa round bracketin parenthesesThe figures in parentheses refer to page numbers.2 → in parenthesis → punctuation markExamples from the Corpusparenthesis• How can you escape all this without some haversack of a parenthesis about the lady's character?• We must begin with a parenthesis.• Some of that evidence, it might be said in parenthesis, appears to be adverse to the appellants.• She saw and registered all this in parenthesis.• In parenthesis I should say that I am passing quickly over the significance of these four levels of understanding.• The single amino acid change from the rat sequence is indicated in the parenthesis.Origin parenthesis (1500-1600) Late Latin Greek, from parentithenai “to put in” |
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