ampersand

[计] "&"号

发音

US
UK /ˈæm.pə(ɹ).sænd/
US
UK /ˈæmp.ə(ɹ)ˌzænd/

词形变化

ampersands 复数 ampersands ampersanded ampersanding ampersands 三单 ampersanding 现在分词 ampersanded 过去式 ampersanded 过去分词

别名

amper amperzand amp

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The symbol "&".

    和号

    The ampersand character in many logics acts as an operator connecting two propositions.

v.
  1. 1.

    To add an ampersand to.

    罕用 及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

punctuation punctuation mark

词源

A mondegreen of and per se and, ⟨&⟩ being read as “and”. Letters used by themselves were formerly mentioned according to this pattern, as in “O per se O” for the particle O or “I per se I” for the pronoun I. “And per se and” thus meant ⟨&⟩ by itself, as opposed to forms such as &c. The specific form ampersand is first attested in 1795, originally as a mocking pronunciation spelling, but this name for the symbol is attested since 1777 (as ampuse and), when it is already called common (see quotations).

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