单词 | semicolon |
释义 | semicolon From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Letters & punctuation Grammarsemicolonsem‧i‧co‧lon, semi-colon /ˌsemiˈkəʊlən $ ˈsemiˌkoʊlən/ ●●○ noun [countable]SLGa punctuation mark (;) used to separate different parts of a sentence or listExamples from the Corpussemicolon• Whenever you use a semicolon, note that you also had the option of using a full stop instead.• A semicolon following a prompt string is an acceptable alternative to a comma.• But play around a little, using colons, dashes, semicolons, and ellipses-among others.• Rather it was a fiery punctuation mark, a coal-like comma, or salamander semicolon, in a continuing story.• A spurious semicolon has lost its defiant power to separate life from death.• Using subscript comma and subscript semicolon notation a standard space-time derivative is written whilst a covariant derivative is written.• It is also possible to combine sentences using semicolons. |
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