"semicolon" 怎么发音
word
ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən
sem-ee-KOH-luhn
sˌɛmɪkˈəʊlən
sem-ih-KOH-luhn
释义
A semicolon (;) is a punctuation mark used to connect closely related sentences, or to separate items in a list when items already contain commas.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən
英式英语
sˌɛmɪkˈəʊlən
简化发音
美式
sem-ee-KOH-luhn
英式
sem-ih-KOH-luhn
语境中听
Please use a semicolon between these two sentences.
A semicolon looks like this: ;
She separated the list with a semicolon to avoid confusion.
I’m never sure when to use a semicolon instead of a period.