punctuate
punctuate
[ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊeɪt, -tjʊ-]
verb
[with obj.]
[ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊeɪt, -tjʊ-]
verb
[with obj.]
- (常作 be punctuated)occur at intervals throughout (a continuing event or a place)
不时打断（连续事件，相连之处）
the country's history has been punctuated by coups.
该国历史上曾多次发生政变。
■(punctuate something with)interrupt or intersperse (an activity) with
用…打断（或穿插于）（活动）
she punctuates her conversation with snatches of song.
她在谈话过程中不时唱上一曲。 - insert punctuation marks in (text)
在（文本）中加标点
- mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'point out'): from medieval Latin punctuat- 'brought to a point', from the verb punctuare, from punctum 'a point'
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