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commas

/ˈkɑm.əz/ /ˈkɒm.əz/

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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 use the context that I specified above for the example sentence. Here's a good example sentence: "When writing a list of items, like apples, bananas, and oranges, remember to use commas to separate them." "

写一份清单，例如苹果、香蕉和橘子，记得用逗号把它们隔开。

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noun

逗号

A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.

Examples :

"In some languages, letters like "ç" and "ş" have small commas written underneath them as diacritical marks. "

有些语言里，像“ç”和“ş”这样的字母下面会带有小逗号一样的符号，作为变音符。

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noun

蛺蝶，鉤蛺蝶。

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 :

"While walking through the garden, we spotted several commas fluttering around the flowering bushes, their distinctive comma-shaped markings easily visible on their underwings. "

在花园里散步时，我们看到好几只钩蛺蝶在开花的灌木丛周围飞舞，它们翅膀下面那独特的逗号状白色斑纹非常容易辨认。

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noun

音分差, 微分音差。

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

Examples :

"When tuning a piano, slight commas can appear between octaves depending on the method used, making a perfectly "in-tune" piano a mathematical impossibility. "

在调钢琴时，根据所用方法的不同，八度音之间可能会出现细微的音分差，这使得一架完美“音准”的钢琴在数学上是不可能实现的。

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noun

逗号，分隔符

A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.

Examples :

"The genetic sequence was difficult to read because it lacked commas to separate the different codons. "

这段基因序列很难读，因为它缺乏逗号这种分隔符来分隔不同的密码子。

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noun

逗号, 短句.

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, speeches were often broken down into smaller units, and a "commas," defined as a short clause of just a few words, was a common element. "

在古希腊修辞学中，演讲经常被分解成更小的单位，其中“commas”（短句或小分句，通常只有几个词）是一种常见的组成部分。

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noun

间隙，空隙

A brief interval.

Examples :

"The speaker paused with commas between sentences, giving us time to think about what he said. "

演讲者在句子之间用短暂的间隙停顿，让我们有时间思考他说的话。

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verb

加逗号，使用逗号。

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

Examples :

"The teacher asked us to commas the list of ingredients to make it easier to read. "

老师要求我们在配料清单上加逗号，这样更容易阅读。

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