| 单词 | suspension dot |
| 释义 | > as lemmassuspension dot suspension dot n. one of a series of dots used to indicate an omission or an interval in a printed text. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printers' symbols and directions > [noun] > omission marks suspension dot1949 suspension period1963 suspension point1963 1949 G. Summey Amer. Punctuation viii. 109 Suspension dots or ‘French dots’ (points de suspension) occur in groups, usually of three, usually spaced but sometimes closed up. They mark preceding material as unfinished, or left dangling an instant for attention. They are used within sentences or as terminal points— sometimes in place of the usual sentence point, sometimes in addition. (Ellipsis dots, in the same form, are discussed in Chapter 9.) < as lemmas |
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