標點符號的英文名稱

Tingclass、英語基礎(chǔ)資料附錄2之標點符號的英文名稱

制作：dumbness

審核：dumbness

 

． period or full stop 句號
， comma 逗號
： colon 冒號
； semicolon 分號
！ exclamation mark 驚嘆號
？ question mark 問號
-  hyphen 連字符
*  asterisk 星號
'   apostrophe 所有格符號，單詞內(nèi)部的省略
—  dash 破折號
_  underscore
‘ ’  single quotation marks 單引號
“ ”  double quotation marks 雙引號
( )  parenthesis or round brackets 圓括號
[ ]  square brackets 方括號
<>  Angle brackets 尖括號
{}  curly brackets or braces 大括號
《 》 French quotes 法文引號；書名號
...  ellipsis 省略號
¨  tandem colon 雙點號
"  ditto 同上
‖ parallel 雙線號
／ slash or virgule or diagonal mark 斜線號
＆ ampersand = and
～ tilde or swung dash 代字號
§  section; division 分節(jié)號
→ arrow 箭號；參見號
|  vertical bar 豎線
\  backslash 反斜線

 

用法

句號 Period
用以表示一個句子的結(jié)束
Hockey is a popular sport in Canada.
The federal government is based in Ottawa.
用在縮寫中
B.C. is the province located on the West Coast.
Dr. Bethune was a Canadian who worked in China.
The company is located at 888 Bay St. in Toronto.
It is 4:00 p.m. in Halifax right now.

問號 Question Mark [?]
在句子的結(jié)尾使用問號表示是直接疑問句：
How many provinces are there in Canada?
注意：在間接疑問句結(jié)尾不要加問號：
The teacher asked the class a question.
Do not ask me why.

嘆號 Exclamation Mark [!]
在句子的結(jié)尾使用嘆號表示驚訝、興奮等情緒：
We won the Stanley Cup!
The forest is on fire!

逗號 Comma [,]
句子中的停頓
Therefore, we should write a letter to the prime minister.
在疑問句中引出說話人：
"I can come today," she said, "but not tomorrow."
排列三個或以上的名詞：
Ontario, Quebec, and B.C. are the three biggest provinces.
引出定語從句
Emily Carr, who was born in 1871, was a great painter.

單引號 Apostrophe [']

表示所有
This is David's computer.
These are the player's things. (things that belong to the player)
Note: 對于復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞，只加'
These are the players' things. (things that belong to the players)
縮寫I don't know how to fix it.

引號Quotation Marks ["]

直接引出某人說的話：
The prime minister said, "We will win the election."
"I can come today," she said, "but not tomorrow."

冒號Colon [:]

引出一系列名詞
There are three positions in hockey: goalie, defence, and forward.
引出一個較長的引語
The prime minister said: "We will fight. We will not give up. We will win the next election."

分號Semicolon [;]

將兩個相關(guān)的句子連接起來
The festival is very popular; people from all over the world visit each year.
和逗號一同使用引出一系列名詞
The three biggest cities in Canada are Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Vancouver, B.C.

破折號Dash [-]

在一個句子前作總結(jié)
Mild, wet, and cloudy - these are the characteristics of weather in Vancouver.
在一個句子的前面或后面加入額外的注釋
The children - Pierre, Laura, and Ashley - went to the store. Most Canadians - but not all - voted in the last election.
表示某人在說話過程中被打斷
The woman said, "I want to ask - " when the earthquake began to shake the room.

連字符Hyphen [-]

連接兩個單詞
sweet-smelling
fire-resistant
將前綴
anti-Canadian
non-contact
在數(shù)字中使用
one-quarter
twenty-three