英语词汇“punctuate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

punctuatepunctuate /ˈpʌŋktʃuˌeɪt/ verb

ETYMOLOGYpunctuate

Origin: 1600-1700 Medieval Latin, past participle of punctuare, from Latin punctum; ➔ POINT¹

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

1[transitive] eng. lang. arts to divide written work into sentences, phrases, etc. using commas, periods, etc.2[transitive] to interrupt an activity, situation, period of time, etc., especially several times: be punctuated with/by something Their conversation was punctuated by awkward silences.