| 英语单词 | comma |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['kɒmə] 美 ['kɑːmə] |
| 中文释义 | n.逗号;停顿;间歇;银纹多角蛱蝶 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The clause should be set off by a comma. (2) People often use a comma instead of a full stop. (3) In the 19th century the population of comma butterflies crashed. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这个从句应该用逗号隔开。 (2) 人们常常用逗号,而不是句号。 (3) 19世纪,黄钩蛱蝶的数量锐减。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A comma is a punctuation mark that indicates a pause in a sentence or separates items in a list. A comma is also used before the words "and" or "but" to join two independent clauses. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Commas come in handy when you're writing a grocery list: "Buy candy, chocolate milk, Pop Tarts, and gum." You can also use a comma to set off an adverb at the beginning of a sentence: "Therefore, I refuse to ride the roller coaster." The word comma has been around since the 1500s, and in Latin in means "short phrase," from the Greek komma, "clause in a sentence," or literally, "piece which is cut off." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]逗号 A comma is the punctuation mark , which is used to separate parts of a sentence or items in a list. |
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