| 单词 |
parenthetical |
| 释义 |
parenˈthetical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
A. adj.
1. = prec. 1.
1624T. Scott (title) Votivæ Angliæ: or the Desires and Wishes of England, in a Parenthetical Discourse. 1638Rouse Heav. Univ. ix. (1702) 128 The three first verses..being a Parenthetical Interposition. 1855H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1872) II. vi. vi. 62 Returning from this parenthetical discussion. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xxii. 508 It had many times found parenthetical employment in urging upon Salisbury yet one expedition more.
2. Characterized by parenthesis; addicted to or using parenthesis.
1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. iii. iii. §141 We call it levity, when the mind is easily diverted, and the discourse is parenthetical. 1846Poe A. S. Stephens Wks. 1864 III. 62 [Style] involved, needlessly parenthetical. 1859Helps Friends in C. Ser. ii. II. v. 112 Then there is the parenthetical talker.
3. Curved like ( ); bandy. nonce-use.
1856R. F. Burton El-Medinah xxvii. III. 217 An Indian woman, with her semi-Tartar features..and her thin parenthetical legs.
B. as n.
1957Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 73 We may divide the segmental tentations according to position into three groups: initials, parentheticals, and finals. 1977Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 1976 XXI. ii. 166 Parentheticals containing ‘do’. |
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