Comma



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 逗号
• ［英］ n. 逗号 ( punctuation mark[, ]to indicate a light pause)
• ［类］ 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)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, part of a sentence, from Greek komma segment, clause, from koptein to cut — more at capon
• Date: 1554
• 1. a punctuation mark, used especially as a mark of separation within the sentence
• 2. pause, interval
• 3. any of several nymphalid butterflies (genus Polygonia) with a silvery comma-shaped mark on the underside of the hind wings

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