| 释义 |
put a period to dated Put an end to: in dry climates, the onset of summer drought may put a period to plant activity...- ‘They say they want to put a period to my presidency.’
- Then there's a lull; people stare into their empty glasses, then pat the table with open palms and put a period to our merry night.
- Plot had not originally intended to include such material in the book since he believed that the chapter on arts had ‘finish'd the Natural History of Oxford-shire’ and prompted him ‘accordingly [to] here put a period to my Essay!’
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