punctuate

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vt.vi. 给文章加标点, 加标点符号 vt. 强调, 加强, (常用被动)不时打断 n. 标点, 标点法, 标点符号

发音

UK /ˈpʰʌŋktjuːeɪt/
其它
US /ˈpʰʌŋkʃɪu̯ːeɪt/
US /ˈpʰʌŋkʃɪu̯ːeɪʔ/

词形变化

punctuated punctuates 三单 punctuates punctuating punctuating 现在分词 punctuated 过去式 punctuated 过去分词 more punctuate 比较级 most punctuate 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

不时打断；强调；加标点于

to divide written work into sentences, phrases etc using comma s , full stop s etc

The silence was occasionally punctuated by laughter.

寂静间或被笑声打破。

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To add punctuation to.

    及物

    That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated as "it's".

  2. 2.

    To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.

    及物

    My father punctuated his tirade with thumps on the desk.

  3. 3.

    To emphasize; to stress.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Point-like; consisting of or marked with one or more points.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

mark accent stress emphasize accentuate emphasise

上位词 8

show add express interrupt disrupt break up cut off evince

下位词 10

background quote emphasize underline emphasise downplay bring out play down set off underscore

词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pūnctuātus, perfect passive participle of pūnctuō (“to mark with points”), from Medieval Latin pūnctus (“a point, dot”), from pungō (“to prick, punch”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of punch.

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