| 单词 | punctuation |
| 释义 | punctuation (once / 2184 pages) n Punctuation is marking that clarifies sentences. if you write a sentence that is a string of words even if theyre good words but you do it without punctuation then it will look like this making your reader unhappy Punctuation tells you when a sentence has come to an end, or if it's a question, and you can't write a sentence without at least one punctuation mark: the period. You can also use punctuation to talk about non-verbal emphasis. If you tell your dog to stop chewing your shoe, you might stamp your foot as punctuation. A slow speaker who chews slightly at the end of each sentence has an unfortunate kind of punctuation. WORD FAMILYpunctuation: punctuations+/punctuate: punctuated, punctuates, punctuating, punctuation USAGE EXAMPLESPatterns — including yards of circles, dancing squiggles and twinned images — fill “Paterson,” creating a vibrant visual punctuation to the otherwise relaxed storytelling. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) If the spelling and punctuation of that document are more than a little dated, its principles aren’t. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Never trust a man who over-uses exclamation marks: he’s not being witty, he’s just using punctuation to shout. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) 1n the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases Hypo|Hyper hyphenation connecting syllables and words by hyphens grouping the activity of putting things together in groups 2n the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases Syn|Hypo|Hyper punctuation mark ampersand a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and) apostrophethe mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word braceeither of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material bracket, square bracketeither of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material angle bracket, bracketeither of two punctuation marks (`') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material colona punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) commaa punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence exclamation mark, exclamation pointa punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation dash, hyphena punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text parenthesiseither of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material full point, full stop, period, point, stopa punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations interrogation point, question marka punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question inverted comma, quotation mark, quotea punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else semicolona punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgulea punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information swung dasha punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word suspension point(usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete single quotea single quotation mark double quotesa pair of quotation marks scare quotethe use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology mark a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) 3n something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions Hyper break, interruption some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity |
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