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Comma N Insertion Parentheses Latin Greek Cut Kɔmə

单词 comma
音标 ['kɔmə]
解释 n.逗号
红宝书 【英】 n. 逗号(punctuation mark[,]to indicate a light pause)
【考】 caret : insertion / comma : pause(插字符表示插入/逗 号表示暂停)enclose : parentheses / separate : comma(括号起包括作用/逗 号起分隔作用)
字源 comma (n.)
1520s as a Latin word, nativized by 1590s, from Latin comma "short phrase," from Greek komma "clause in a sentence," literally "piece which is cut off," from koptein "to cut off," from PIE root *kop- "to beat, strike" (see hatchet (n.)). Like colon (n.1) and period, originally a Greek rhetorical term for a part of a sentence, and like them it has been transferred to the punctuation mark that identifies it.
不择手段背单词 n. 逗号(表示句子结构内思想或要素的分开、停顿或隔开)
【记】com = come来, ma妈: 妈妈来了! 别玩了, 停顿一下! -逗号
【类】caret: insertion = comma: pause 插字符表示插入 = 逗号表示停顿enclose: parentheses = separate: comma括号起包括作用 = 逗号起分隔作用
趣味全助记 【记】音:扣马,抠马,扣住马停下来,暂停;马上是赶快的意思;Come on,give me a break 是一句常用语与影视作品常见的台词,暂停一下,用逗号停一下;

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