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comma

/ˈkɒm.ə/ /ˈkɑm.ə/

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noun

逗号

The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

Examples :

"Please add a comma after each item: apples, oranges, bananas. "

请在每个项目后加个逗号：苹果，橘子，香蕉。

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noun

逗号，撇号

A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.

Examples :

"The Romanian word "ș" has a comma below the s, a similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. "

罗马尼亚语的字母“ș”的下面有一个逗号，这种看起来很像逗号的符号是加在字母下方的变音符号（撇号）。

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noun

蛺蝶，菜蛺蝶属蝴蝶。

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Examples :

"The comma butterfly is a beautiful creature, easily recognized by the white comma shape on its underwings. "

逗號蛺蝶是一種美麗的生物，很容易辨認，因為它的翅膀背面有一個白色的逗號形狀。

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noun

音分差, 微分音, 音差

A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.

Examples :

"When tuning his piano, the experienced technician could hear the tiny comma between the perfectly tuned A above middle C and the A calculated by stacking pure perfect fifths, revealing the slight difference between the two tuning methods. "

在给钢琴调音时，经验丰富的技师能够听出完美调好的中央C调上方A音，和通过纯五度叠加计算出的A音之间细微的音分差 (yīnfēnchā)，这揭示了两种调音方法之间的些许差异。

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noun

逗号，分隔符

A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.

Examples :

"The genetic sequence for the protein showed a comma after the amino acid glycine. "

蛋白质的基因序列显示，在氨基酸甘氨酸之后有一个逗号，作为分隔符。

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noun

逗号, 分句

In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.

Examples :

"In ancient Greek rhetoric, a comma was a short, memorable phrase, often marked for emphasis. "

在古希腊修辞学中，“逗号分句”指的是简短且令人印象深刻的短语，通常会加上标记以示强调。

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noun

间歇, 片刻.

A brief interval.

Examples :

"There was a short comma between the bell ringing and the students rushing out of the classroom. "

铃声响后，学生们冲出教室前，中间有一个短暂的间歇。

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verb

用逗号隔开，加逗号.

To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.

Examples :

"The editor asked me to comma the list of ingredients after each item. "

编辑让我用逗号把配料表的每一项隔开。

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