Parenthesis

(noun.) either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material.

班森编辑

• All them old cats _will _run their heads agin milestones,' observed Mr. Weller, in a parenthesis. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• No, Monsieur, it is too plain; you never do that, was my parenthesis. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses, said Mrs. Cadwallader. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

哈恩编辑