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单词 pilcrow
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Definition of pilcrow in English:

pilcrow

noun ˈpɪlkrəʊˈpɪlˌkroʊ
  • A symbol (¶) used to mark a new paragraph or section of text.

    early printed books were designed to accommodate hand-drawn rubrications, including spaces at the beginning of each section for a pilcrow
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I accidentally did something while typing and now I have a pilcrow popping up everywhere!
    • Also known as the paragraph mark, the pilcrow, for such a humble, rarely used mark, has a surprisingly complex history.
    • Over time, the paragraph was afforded a new line, so that the pilcrows aligned along the left of a column.
    • Tabs appear as little arrows, spaces look like dots, and Enters appear as pilcrows (paragraph marks).
    • What's up with all the pilcrows in the print magazine?
    • If you click on the pilcrow on your toolbar (looks like a backwards P) it will turn on the Show/Hide button, which will reveal a paragraph mark after the table.
    • Aside from the keyboard, you have three buttons: one for formatting, indicated by a pilcrow; an "Insert" button for inserting external elements into your document; and a "Done" button that puts the keyboard away.
    • Remove pilcrows that might be creating the extra space.
    • Word will not allow you to delete that paragraph mark (pilcrow) because it is a part of the document's table format.
    • Further down the margin, the manicule is used together with a pilcrow in the text.

Origin

Late Middle English: apparently from a variant of paragraph, remodelled after the more familiar words pill1 and crow1.

 
 

Definition of pilcrow in US English:

pilcrow

nounˈpɪlˌkroʊˈpilˌkrō
  • A symbol (¶) used to mark a new paragraph or section of text.

    early printed books were designed to accommodate hand-drawn rubrications, including spaces at the beginning of each section for a pilcrow
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Remove pilcrows that might be creating the extra space.
    • If you click on the pilcrow on your toolbar (looks like a backwards P) it will turn on the Show/Hide button, which will reveal a paragraph mark after the table.
    • Further down the margin, the manicule is used together with a pilcrow in the text.
    • Tabs appear as little arrows, spaces look like dots, and Enters appear as pilcrows (paragraph marks).
    • What's up with all the pilcrows in the print magazine?
    • Aside from the keyboard, you have three buttons: one for formatting, indicated by a pilcrow; an "Insert" button for inserting external elements into your document; and a "Done" button that puts the keyboard away.
    • Also known as the paragraph mark, the pilcrow, for such a humble, rarely used mark, has a surprisingly complex history.
    • Word will not allow you to delete that paragraph mark (pilcrow) because it is a part of the document's table format.
    • I accidentally did something while typing and now I have a pilcrow popping up everywhere!
    • Over time, the paragraph was afforded a new line, so that the pilcrows aligned along the left of a column.

Origin

Late Middle English: apparently from a variant of paragraph, remodelled after the more familiar words pill and crow.

 
 
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