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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
PresentI, you, we, theypunctuate
he, she, itpunctuates
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theypunctuated
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave punctuated
he, she, ithas punctuated
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad punctuated
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill punctuate
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have punctuated
Continuous Form
PresentIam punctuating
he, she, itis punctuating
you, we, theyare punctuating
PastI, he, she, itwas punctuating
you, we, theywere punctuating
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been punctuating
he, she, ithas been punctuating
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been punctuating
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be punctuating
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill 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
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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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