punctuation
英 [pʌŋ(k)tʃʊ'eɪʃ(ə)n; -tjʊ-]
美 ['pʌŋktʃʊ'eʃən]
英語の語源
- punctuation
- punctuation: [16] Punctuation is one of a small family of English words that go back to punctus, the past participle of Latin pungere ‘prick’ (source of English expunge [17], poignant [14], and pungent [16]). They include point, which arrived via Old French; punctilious [17] (which comes via Italian and may be related to pun) and punctual [14], both of them containing the etymological notion of ‘adherence to a precise point’; puncture [14]; punt ‘bet’; and punctuation itself, whose present-day meaning comes from the insertion of ‘points’ or dots into written texts to indicate pauses (also termed pointing from the 15th to the 19th centuries).
=> expunge, poignant, point, pungent, punt - punctuation (n.)
- 1530s, "pointing of the psalms," from Medieval Latin punctuationem (nominative punctuatio) "a marking with points," noun of action from past participle stem of punctuare "to mark with points or dots," from Latin punctus "a prick" (see point (n.)). Meaning "system of inserting pauses in written matter" is recorded from 1660s.
[P]unctuation is cold notation; it is not frustrated speech; it is typographic code. [Robert Bringhurst, "The Elements of Typographic Style," 2004]
例文
- 1. He was known for his poor grammar and punctuation .
- 彼は文法を知らないし、句読点を乱用することで有名だ。
- 2.Check and double-check spelling and punctuation .
- スペルと句読点を繰り返しチェックします。
- 3.Marks were given for accurate spelling and punctuation .
- はスペルと句読点が正しいために得点します。
- 4.Our teacher is very fussy about punctuation .
- 私たちの先生は句読点にうるさい。
- 5.My son 's punctuation is terrible.
- 息子の句読点は最悪だった。
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