paragraph
英 ['p?r?grɑ?f]
美['p?r?ɡr?f]
- n. 段落；短評(píng)；段落符號(hào)
- vt. 將…分段
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?paragraphs;
中文詞源
paragraph 段落，分段符號(hào)
para-,在旁，在周?chē)?graph,寫(xiě)。即在旁邊寫(xiě)的，寫(xiě)在旁邊的，引申詞義分段符號(hào)，段落。
英文詞源
- paragraph (n.)
- late 15c., from Middle French paragraphe "division of text" (13c., Old French paragrafe), from Medieval Latin paragraphus "sign for start of a new section of discourse" (the sign looked something like a stylized letter -P-), from Greek paragraphos "short stroke in the margin marking a break in sense," also "a passage so marked," literally "anything written beside," from paragraphein "write by the side," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question.
- 查看正在討論的這段文字前面的信息。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The length of a paragraph depends on the information it conveys.
- 段落的長(zhǎng)度取決于它所傳達(dá)的信息。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The second paragraph startled me even more than the first.
- 第二段比第一段更讓我吃驚。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The critic's review of the play was just a paragraph of bile.
- 那位批評(píng)家對(duì)這部戲劇的評(píng)論不過(guò)是在發(fā)泄怒氣。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. The first line of each paragraph should be indented.
- 每段的第一行應(yīng)縮格。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》