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括弧,插入语,插曲
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Parenthesis \Pa*ren"the*sis\, n.; pl. {Parentheses}. [NL., fr.
Gr. ?, fr. ? to put in beside, insert; ? beside + ? in + ? to
put, place. See {Para-}, {En-}, 2, and {Thesis}.]
1. 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. ``Seldom mentioned without a derogatory
parenthesis.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you
away into a long parenthesis. --Watts.
2. (Print.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a
parenthetic word or phrase.
Note: Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a
sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign;
but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by
commas are logically parenthetical. In def. 1, the
phrase ``by way of comment or explanation'' is inserted
for explanation, and the sentence would be
grammatically complete without it. The present tendency
is to avoid using the distinctive marks, except when
confusion would arise from a less conspicuous
separation.
资料来源 : WordNet®
parenthesis
n 1: either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual
material
2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: {digression},
{aside}, {excursus}, {divagation}]
[also: {parentheses} (pl)]
parentheses
See {parenthesis}
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
parentheses
See {left parenthesis}, {right parenthesis}.
(1997-12-03)