英和和英

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌŋktjuːeɪt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈpʌŋkʃuːeɪt]

動詞

punctuate (三人称単数 現在形 punctuates, 現在分詞 punctuating, 過去形および過去分詞形 punctuated)

1. (transitive) To add punctuation to.

   That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated as "it's".

2. (transitive) To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.

   My father punctuated his tirade with thumps on the desk.

   • 2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Most soldiers would testify that the everyday experience of war is long stretches of boredom punctuated by sudden, terrifying spells of disorder.

3. (transitive) To emphasize; to stress.

関連する語

Further reading

• “punctuate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “punctuate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

動詞

pūnctuāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pūnctuō