punctuate

英 [ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt]

美 [ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt]

v.  不时打断; 给…加标点符号

过去分词：punctuated　现在分词：punctuating　过去式：punctuated　第三人称单数：punctuates　

高考

Collins.1 / BNC.11199 / COCA.9198

牛津词典

verb

• 不时打断
  to interrupt sth at intervals
  1. Her speech was punctuated by bursts of applause.
     她的讲演不时被阵阵掌声打断。
• 给…加标点符号
  to divide writing into sentences and phrases by using special marks, for example commas, question marks, etc.

柯林斯词典

• VERB 不时打断
  If an activity or situationis punctuated byparticular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals.
  1. The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
     夜晚的宁静不时被远处车辆的隆隆声打断。

英英释义

verb

• insert punctuation marks into
  Synonym:mark
• interrupt periodically
  1. Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone
• to stress, single out as important
  1. Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
  Synonym:stressemphasizeemphasiseaccentaccentuate

双语例句

• Send the crinkle and tear of wrapping paper and the oohs and aahs that punctuate each gift as it is exposed and shown around.
  寄给我礼物包装纸被撕开的声音和孩子们打开礼物并四处炫耀时的啊呀声。
• Conclusion: Most common clinical features are grain lesions, punctuate hemorrhage and xerostomia in early tongue amyloidosis.
  结论：早期舌淀粉样变性病临床以灰白色颗粒、黏膜出血及口干最常见。
• When not accustomed to typing put punctuation, so I do not know how to punctuate a.
  不习惯打字的时候带上标点，以至于不知该如何断句了。
• However, it is still not permissible to wave it around or use it to punctuate your conversation.
  但是，它仍然不允许它周围挥手或标点你用它来交谈。
• The gray-haired entrepreneur liked to punctuate his sentences with a wide grin and brief pause, letting his words sink in.
  这位白发的企业家很喜欢露齿并短暂的停顿来中断自己的句子，以便别人把自己的话听进去。
• The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
  夜晚的宁静不时被远处车辆的隆隆声打断。
• The hail beat a loud tatoo on the windowpane. The staccato of the dancer's heels against the floor, and the sharp bursts of clapping punctuate the singer's haunting wail.
  冰雹落在窗户的玻璃上，连续地敲响出很大的声音。舞蹈者的脚后跟断续地敲击着地板，伴随着响亮的击掌声，更加深了演唱者萦绕的悲叹。
• An English professor wrote the words, "Woman without her man is nothing," on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.
  一个英语教授在黑板上写下，女人没有她男人什么也不是，要学生们正确地加上标点符号。
• It's all in the punctuation: An English professor wrote the words," Woman without her man is nothing "on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly.
  这个故事全是在说标点符号：一个英语教授在黑板上写下一行字“女人要没有她男人什么都不是”来指导他的学生如何正确地点标点。
• As the eastern edge of the loess plateau, the loess of this area is complex and diverse, with obviously varied thickness and punctuate or sheet distributions.
  构成黄土高原的东部边缘，该区黄土复杂多样，厚度变化较大，成点状或片状分布。