parentheses

enUS

parentheses

Parentheses ( ( ) ) are used to separate information that is not necessary to the structure or meaning of the surrounding text.Continue reading...

pa·ren·the·sis

P0069600 (pə-rĕn′thĭ-sĭs)n. pl. par·en·the·ses (-sēz′) 1. Either or both of the upright curved lines, ( ), used to mark off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing or printing or enclose a sum, product, or other expression considered or treated as a collective entity in a mathematical operation.2. a. A qualifying or amplifying word, phrase, or sentence inserted within written matter in such a way as to be independent of the surrounding grammatical structure.b. A comment departing from the theme of discourse; a digression.3. An interruption of continuity; an interval: "This is one of the things I wasn't prepared for—the amount of unfilled time, the long parentheses of nothing" (Margaret Atwood).

[Late Latin, insertion of a letter or syllable in a word, from Greek, from parentithenai, to insert : para-, beside; see para-¹ + en-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + tithenai, to put; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

square brackets, parentheses, braces - Square brackets were formerly called crotchets, round brackets are commonly called parentheses, and curly brackets are called braces; the punctuation called brackets derives from the bookshelf type, implying that, in writing, these marks "lift up" a section of a sentence.See also related terms for punctuation.

parentheses

A pair of punctuation marks, ( ), used to enclose explanatory or qualifying words. Compare brackets.

Translations

括号

parentheses

→ 括号zhCN

单词	parentheses
释义	parentheses enUS parentheses Parentheses ( ( ) ) are used to separate information that is not necessary to the structure or meaning of the surrounding text.Continue reading... pa·ren·the·sis P0069600 (pə-rĕn′thĭ-sĭs)n. pl. par·en·the·ses (-sēz′) 1. Either or both of the upright curved lines, ( ), used to mark off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing or printing or enclose a sum, product, or other expression considered or treated as a collective entity in a mathematical operation.2. a. A qualifying or amplifying word, phrase, or sentence inserted within written matter in such a way as to be independent of the surrounding grammatical structure.b. A comment departing from the theme of discourse; a digression.3. An interruption of continuity; an interval: "This is one of the things I wasn't prepared for—the amount of unfilled time, the long parentheses of nothing" (Margaret Atwood). [Late Latin, insertion of a letter or syllable in a word, from Greek, from parentithenai, to insert : para-, beside; see para-¹ + en-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + tithenai, to put; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.] square brackets, parentheses, braces - Square brackets were formerly called crotchets, round brackets are commonly called parentheses, and curly brackets are called braces; the punctuation called brackets derives from the bookshelf type, implying that, in writing, these marks "lift up" a section of a sentence.See also related terms for punctuation. parentheses A pair of punctuation marks, ( ), used to enclose explanatory or qualifying words. Compare brackets. Translations 括号 parentheses → 括号zhCN parentheses enUS parentheses Parentheses ( ( ) ) are used to separate information that is not necessary to the structure or meaning of the surrounding text.Continue reading... parentheses See left parenthesis, right parenthesis. ThesaurusSeeparenthesis
随便看	nestor chronicle nestorian nestorian christian nestorian christianity nestorian christians nestorian church nestorian heresy nestorianism nestorians nestorios nestor iskander nestorius nestorius and nestorianism nestorius of constantinople nestor ivanovich makhno nestor kalandarishvili nestor kotliarevskii nestor kukolnik low-power field low-power instrument transformer low power jammer low-power land mobile radio systems low power laser therapy low-power low-voltage low power magnetometer