| 单词 | round bracket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasround bracket round bracket n. a bracket (bracket n. 5a) of the form ( or ); = parenthesis n. 2a; cf. square bracket n. at square adj. Compounds 3a, angle bracket n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > brackets parenthesis1582 squadron1618 parathesis1633 brace1656 hooks1680 bracket1750 circumflex1801 round bracket1847 curve1851 angle bracket1890 square bracket1891 paren1905 angled bracket1954 semi-quadratures- 1847 F. Madden Laȝamons Brut II. 643 The round bracket should be after brave. 1895 J. P. Mahaffy Empire of Ptolemies vi. 228 Superfluous words and syllables, written by mistake of the scribe, are enclosed in square brackets. Necessary additions or corrections in round brackets. 1939 R. B. McKerrow Prolegomena for Oxf. Shakespeare iii. 83 Round brackets enclosing a siglum are also used as a warning that the edition thus indicated has a reading which differs. 2009 S. T. Gardner Thinking your Way to Freedom ii. 108 Put round brackets around the topic and underline the value. < as lemmas |
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