parenthesis

n. 圆括号, 插入语, 附带, 插曲

发音

US /pəˈɹɛnθəsɪs/

词形变化

parentheses 复数 parentheses

别名

paranthesis parenthese par

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).

    圆括号

    插入语

    括弧

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A digression; the use of such digressions.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.

    括号

    可数 不可数 数学 哲学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

aside digression divagation excursus

上位词 6

message content substance punctuation subject matter punctuation mark

相关短语

pregnant parenthesis

词源

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis, “insertion”). By surface analysis, par- + en- + thesis.

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