Parenthesis
[pə'renθɪsɪs] or [pə'rɛnθəsɪs]
解释:
(n.) A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes.
(n.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.
弗里达编辑
解释:
n. a word phrase or sentence put in or inserted in another which is grammatically complete without it: (pl.) the marks ( ) used to mark off a parenthesis:—pl. Paren′theses (-sēz).—v.i. Parenth′esise.—adjs. Parenthet′ic -al of the nature of a parenthesis: expressed in a parenthesis: using parentheses.—adv. Parenthet′ically.
卡梅拉整理
例句:
- All them old cats _will _run their heads agin milestones,' observed Mr. Weller, in a parenthesis. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- No, Monsieur, it is too plain; you never do that, was my parenthesis. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses, said Mrs. Cadwallader. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
哈恩编辑