virgula

发音

UK /ˈvəːɡjʊlə/
US /ˈvəɹɡjʊlə/

词形变化

virgulae virgulas 复数 virgulas virgulae 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small, thin, straight growth

    The spines of a ray.

    废旧 生物 动物学
  2. 2.

    A small, thin, straight growth

    The sicula of a graptolite.

    废旧 生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    A divining or dowsing rod.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    Any small rod.

    罕用
  5. 5.

    Synonym of virgule: a punctuation mark.

    罕用 媒体 印刷
  6. 6.

    Synonym of stem: the tail of a note.

    废旧 音乐
  7. 7.

    Synonym of virga: one of the neumes of medieval musical notation.

    历史 废旧 音乐

相关短语

virgula suspensiva virgula plana

词源

From Latin virgula (“twig; wand; scratch comma”), from virga (“branch; rod”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). As a dowsing rod, via virgula divina or divinatoria. Doublet of virgule.

来源：wiktionary