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单词 interrogation-point
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interrogation-point
b. point (mark, note) of interrogation, also interrogation-point (and, formerly, interrogation): the symbol used in writing or printing to indicate a question, in most European languages placed at the end of the sentence and having the form ? or ?. Also figurative.In Spanish, it is placed both before and after the question, in the former case inverted as in ¿Quien sabe? who knows? A point of interrogation is also sometimes placed before a word or phrase, to query its correctness, existence, etc.
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interrogation1551
point (mark, note) of interrogation1598
note of interrogation1706
query1836
question mark1862
question-stop1862
punctus interrogativus1952
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Iterogatiuo punto, a point of interrogation.
1633 J. Clarke tr. Two-fold Praxis 38 in Dux Grammaticus Secondly, you must marke all the poynts, commaes, colons, interogations, &c.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Interrogation, or Note of Interrogation..which in Greek is thus expressed (;) and thus (?) in Latin.
1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 23 The Common Stops or Points are these: A Comma (,), Semi-colon (;)..Interrogation (?), Admiration (!).
1888 J. A. Noble in Academy 3 Nov. 283/3 We are compelled to read them..with a greater number of mental notes of interrogation.
1889 W. B. Yeats Let. 7 May (1954) 125 I have no theories about her. She is simply a note of interrogation.
1895 How to get Married 74 It is a mistake to be inquisitive. A walking interrogation-point is never a pleasant companion.
1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 15 May 539/2 The ending of the play is not on the face of it particularly tragic: the alleged ‘note of interrogation’ is a sentimental fancy.
1931 H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness Mankind (1932) xv. 747 The note of interrogation which is born in the nature of every human being has been released.
1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 116 No battle is a foregone conclusion, and so I must end with a note of interrogation. Will this thing be done now, rapidly?
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