| 单词 | exclamation |
| 释义 | exclamation (once / 395 pages) n If you need a word to call other "words" like "Yay!" or "Rats!", then exclamation is your word. An exclamation is usually followed by an exclamation point. Go Figure. The shocked cry you made when your friends jumped out and yelled, "Surprise!" at your birthday party? You could call both your yelp and their "Surprise! exclamations. The Latin word exclamare, or "cry out loud," is at the root of the noun exclamation. An exclamation doesn't need to be a literal "cry," though — it can be a surprised "Wow!" or an angry "No!" Anything you say with abrupt excitement, pain, fear, or anger is an exclamation. WORD FAMILYexclamation: exclamations+/exclaim: exclaimed, exclaiming, exclaims, exclamation, exclamatory/exclaiming: exclaimings/exclamatory: exclamatorily USAGE EXAMPLESConner is cancer free and wants to put the exclamation point on a fantastic personal and playing season in his final game. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Wham back then, complete with exclamation point, seemed the clear antithesis of the miner-supporting Red Wedge. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) The Bryant-to-Witten connection put an exclamation point on the Cowboys' domination of the third quarter. Reuters(Dec 27, 2016) 1n an abrupt excited utterance she gave an exclamation of delight Syn|Hypo|Hyper exclaiming deuce, devil, dickens a word used in exclamations of confusion ejaculation, interjectionan abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion expostulationan exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof utterance, vocalization the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication 2n an exclamatory rhetorical device Syn|Hyper ecphonesis rhetorical device a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) 3n a loud complaint or protest or reproach Hyper complaint (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow |
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