punctuation

A2 高中 FREQ #39574

n. 标点, 标点符号 [计] 标点符号

发音

其它 /ˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/

词形变化

punctuations 复数 punctuations

教材释义与例句

名词

标点；标点符号

the marks used to divide a piece of writing into sentences, phrases etc

He was known for his poor grammar and punctuation.

他以很差的语法和标点符号使用而出名。

释义与例句

n. A2
  1. 1.

    A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).

    标点

    句读

    可数 不可数

    Different languages have different rules for punctuation.

  2. 2.

    An act of punctuating.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

punctuation mark

上位词 4

break mark interruption grouping

下位词 10

stop point period stroke quote dash brace slash colon comma

整体词 2

orthography writing system

相关短语

punctuation mark 标点符号 punctuation marks punctuation space punctuation spaces film punctuation logical punctuation

词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuātiō (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctuō (“to mark with points, settle”). Morphologically, punctuate + -ion.

来源：wiktionary