| 单词 | punctuation mark |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspunctuation mark punctuation mark n. any of the marks, as a full stop, comma, semicolon, etc., used in the punctuation of text; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > punctuation mark prickOE tittle1538 punctuation mark1849 1849 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 1 551 The dot, separating each word from the next, represents an arrow-head so placed, as a punctuation-mark, in the original. 1860 G. B. Prescott Electr. Telegr. 88 Forty-one indications, corresponding to the letters in the alphabet, the numerals, and punctuation-marks. 1927 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 178/1 It [sc. a revolver] sold for one hundred dollars gold, and placed a final punctuation mark to many a rowdy career. 1995 Bk. & Mag. Collector Feb. 104 Each line contains about 60 characters (including spaces and punctuation marks). < as lemmas |
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