punctuation: The use of standard marks and signs in writing and printing to separate words into sentences, clauses, and phrases in order to clarify meaning;the act or practice of inserting standardized marks or signs in written matter to clarify the meaning and separate structural units.. 标点法, 在写作及印刷中运用标准符号或标志以隔开词而形成句子、从句及词组从而使意思清晰,例如: a system of punctuation
punctuation mark: any of various standardized marks or signs used in punctuation
Quotation mark:inverted comma:one of a pair of punctuation marks “” or‘’used chiefly to indicate the beginning and the end of a quotation in which the exact phraseology of another or of a text is directly cited 引号,单引号(用于引文内另一引文的起始和结束处)
Apostrophe: The superscript sign ( ) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, and the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations;a mark used to indicate the omission of letters or figures, the possessive case, or the plural of letters or figures撇号,写在字上方的符号( ),用来表示从单词中省略一个或几个字母、所有格形式及数字、字母、缩写的复数形式,省略符号, 撇号( )[用于 ①表示省略, 如:can t, (=can not). 88(=1988) ②表示所有格, 如 boy s. James ③表示复数, 如two 0 s, four 9 s ④表示年代, 如the 1980 s (读作 the nineteen eighties)20世纪80年代⑤表示一字中的某一音不发, 如: lectric (=electric)]
Comma: A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence;used especially as a mark of separation within the sentence 逗号, 一种标点符号(,),用于表示句子结构内思想或要素的分开
Full stop: A period indicating the end of a sentence. 句号, 标示一句话结束的句点
Colon:冒号1): a punctuation mark : used chiefly to direct attention to matter (as a list, explanation, or quotation) that follows 2): the sign : used between the parts of a numerical expression of time in hours and minutes (as in 1:15) or in hours, minutes, and seconds (as in 8:25:30), in a bibliographical reference (as in Nation 130:20), in a ratio where it is usually read as *to* (as in 4:1 read *four to one*), or in a proportion where it is usually read as *is to* or when doubled as *as* (as in 2:1::8:4 read *two is to one as eight is to four*
Semicolon: a punctuation mark(;) used chiefly in a coordinating function between major sentence elements (as independent clauses of a compound sentence)
Question mark::a mark( ?) used in writing and printing at the conclusion of a sentence to indicate a direct question, 也称作interrogation mark或interrogation point.
Interrogate:1 : to question formally and systematically 2 : to give or send out a signal to (as a transponder) for triggering an appropriate response
Exclamation mark [point]:a mark ! used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling ? called also exclamation mark感叹号, 惊叹号