tortoise shell bracket

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词形变化

tortoise shell brackets 复数 tortoise shell brackets

别名

tortoiseshell bracket

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Either of a pair of symbols,〔 〕, sometimes used in Japanese to enclose comments in quoted text.

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词源

Calque from Japanese 亀(きっ)甲(こう)括(かっ)弧(こ) (kikkōkakko, literally “tortoise shell bracket”), due to their resemblance to the shell of a tortoise. By surface analysis, tortoise shell + bracket.

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