full stop

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Newspapers, printing, publishingfull stopˌfull ˈstop1 noun [countable] British EnglishTCN a point (.) that marks the end of a sentence or the short form of a word SYN period American English Put a full stop at the end of the sentence.Examples from the Corpusfull stop• She gulped wine and set her glass down firm as a full stop.• The termination codon is denoted by a full stop.• Will Tie Rack come to a full stop?• Her life had simply come to a full stop.• And like an artist, she had chosen the moment, the scene of the full stop.• Third, in forcing an end of a tone group at this point, the full stop also foregrounds the previous rheme.full stopfull stop2 interjection British English informal CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYused at the end of a sentence to emphasize that you do not want to say any more about a subject SYN period American English I don’t have a reason. I just don’t want to go, full stop.Examples from the Corpusfull stop• He didn't ask any questions full stop.• Period, full stop, as Dionne would say.

单词	full stop
释义	full stop From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Newspapers, printing, publishingfull stopˌfull ˈstop1 ●●○ noun [countable] British EnglishTCN a point (.) that marks the end of a sentence or the short form of a word SYN period American English Put a full stop at the end of the sentence.Examples from the Corpusfull stop• She gulped wine and set her glass down firm as a full stop.• The termination codon is denoted by a full stop.• Will Tie Rack come to a full stop?• Her life had simply come to a full stop.• And like an artist, she had chosen the moment, the scene of the full stop.• Third, in forcing an end of a tone group at this point, the full stop also foregrounds the previous rheme.full stopfull stop2 interjection British English informal CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYused at the end of a sentence to emphasize that you do not want to say any more about a subject SYN period American English I don’t have a reason. I just don’t want to go, full stop.Examples from the Corpusfull stop• He didn't ask any questions full stop.• Period, full stop, as Dionne would say.
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