单词	punctuate
释义	punctuatepunc‧tu‧ate /ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINpunctuate Origin: 1600-1700 Medieval Latin past participle of punctuare, from Latin punctum; ➔ POINT1 Verb Table VERB TABLE punctuate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they punctuate he, she, it punctuates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they punctuated Present perfect I, you, we, they have punctuated he, she, it has punctuated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had punctuated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will punctuate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have punctuated Continuous Form Present I am punctuating he, she, it is punctuating you, we, they are punctuating Past I, he, she, it was punctuating you, we, they were punctuating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been punctuating he, she, it has been punctuating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been punctuating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be punctuating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been punctuating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Danoff's resignation punctuated a decade of tremendous change at the museum. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An air of helplessness and despair spread about, punctuated by stirrings of an uglier mood. As Carol Jackson moved about in the kitchen she could hear the steady burble of conversation, punctuated every so often by a laugh. Clare had led Carolyn along endless humming corridors, whose walls were punctuated by closed doors. Periods of punctuated equilibrium are equally visible in human history. President Nixon punctuated his Watergate tapes with obscenities. The path turned inland and met the road to Sandweg which cut through arable land, punctuated by low, brooding barns. word sets WORD SETS► Grammar abbr., abbreviate, verbabbreviation, nounabstract noun, nounaccusative, nounactive, adjectiveadj., adjective, nounadv., adverb, nounadverbial, adjectiveaffix, nounantecedent, nounapposition, nounarticle, nounaspect, nounattributive, adjectiveaux., auxiliary, nounauxiliary verb, nouncase, nouncausal, adjectiveclause, nouncollective noun, nouncommon noun, nouncomparative, adjectivecomparison, nouncomplement, nouncomplex, adjectivecompound, nounconcord, nounconcrete noun, nounconditional, adjectiveconditional, nounconj., conjugate, verbconjugation, nounconjunction, nounconnective, nounconstruction, nouncontinuous, adjectivecontraction, nouncoordinate, adjectivecoordinating conjunction, nouncopula, nouncountable, adjectivecount noun, noundative, noundeclension, noundefinite article, noundemonstrative, adjectivedemonstrative pronoun, noundependent clause, noundeterminer, noundirect discourse, noundirect object, noundirect speech, noundisjunctive, adjectiveditransitive, adjectivedouble negative, noun-ed, suffixending, noun-est, suffix-eth, suffixfeminine, adjectivefinite, adjectiveform, nounfunction word, nounfuture, adjectivegender, noungenitive, noungerund, noungradable, adjectivegrammar, noungrammarian, noungrammatical, adjectivehistoric present, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounimperative, adjectiveimperative, nounimpersonal, adjectiveindefinite article, nounindependent clause, nounindicative, nounindicative, adjectiveindirect discourse, nounindirect object, nounindirect speech, nouninfinitive, nouninflect, verbinflected, adjectiveinflection, noun-ing, suffixintensifier, nouninterjection, nouninterrogative, adjectiveinterrogative, nounintransitive, adjectivelinking verb, nounmain clause, nounmasculine, adjectivemodal, nounmodal auxiliary, nounmodal verb, nounmodifier, nounmodify, verbmood, nounn., neuter, adjectivenominal, adjectivenominative, nounnon-finite, adjectivenon-restrictive, adjectivenoun, nounnumber, nounobject, nounparse, verbparticipial, adjectiveparticiple, nounparticle, nounpartitive, nounpart of speech, nounpassive, adjectivepassivize, verbpast, adjectivepast participle, nounpast perfect, nounperfect participle, nounperiphrasis, nounpersonal pronoun, nounphrasal verb, nounphrase, nounpl., plural, nounplural, adjectiveplurality, nounpossessive, adjectivepossessive, nounpredeterminer, nounpredicate, nounpredicative, adjectiveprefix, nounprefix, verbprep., preposition, nounprepositional phrase, nounpres., present participle, nounprogressive, adjectivepronominal, adjectivepronoun, nounproper noun, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounqualifier, nounquantifier, nounquestion tag, nounreflexive, adjectiveregular, adjectiverelative clause, nounrelative pronoun, nounreported speech, nounrestrictive clause, nounroot, nounrule, nounrun-on sentence, nounsecond person, nounsemicolon, nounsentence, nounsentence adverb, nounsingular, adjectivesolecism, nounsplit infinitive, nounstative, adjectivestem, nounsubject, nounsubjective, adjectivesubjunctive, nounsubordinate clause, nounsubstantive, nounsuffix, nounsuperlative, adjectivesyntactic, adjectivesyntax, nountag, nountense, nountransitive, adjectiveuncountable, adjectivev., variant, nounverb, nounverbal, adjectivevocative, noun 1[transitive] to divide written work into sentences, phrases etc using commas, full stops etc2[transitive] literary to interrupt something, especially when this is repeated:  The silence was occasionally punctuated by laughter.GRAMMAR Punctuate is usually passive in this meaning.
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