| 单词 | to open a parenthesis |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto open a parenthesis e. transitive. to open a parenthesis [after French ouvrir la parenthèse, ouvrir une parenthèse (1762 or earlier)] (parenthesis n. 1a): to initiate a digression in speech or writing. Also in extended use (cf. parenthesis n. 3). ΚΠ 1864 A. Baillot tr. V. Hugo William Shakespeare iv. 88 Let us open a parenthesis [Fr. Ouvrons une parenthèse]: there is no chance in the creation of ‘Orestes’ or of ‘Paradise Lost’. 1880 19th Cent. June 995 I have opened a parenthesis in my work just now, and am studying German history of the sixteenth century. 1898 Current Lit. June 532/1 Before developing this theme, allow me to open a parenthesis to state that [etc.]. 1905 Armenia Sept. 13 I may open a parenthesis here and devote a few lines to a society of holy men, the Sheiks, [etc.]. 1922 E. A Boyd tr. P. Gsell Opinions Anatole France 51 At this point France opened a parenthesis. I suppose you all know that ribald story. You have read it in the third book of Pantagruel. 1992 G. Honigsblum et al. tr. M. Detienne in tr. Greek & Egyptian Mythol. 155/2 In the life of the initiate, the journey to Eleusis opened a parenthesis and marked a break. 2012 A. Larivée in C. Collobert et al. Plato & Myth xii. 244 I open a parenthesis here to emphasize that this phase of transformation contrasts with the experience [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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