inverted comma

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of paired quotation mark: ‘ or “ (beginning the quoted material) and ’ or ” (ending it). Commonwealth,plural-normally
    — The paſſage quoted in the text is at the latter part of the following letter, and is put between inverted commas.

词形变化

inverted commas plural

词源

From the appearance of an inverted comma.
In lead type, an opening quote is not a separate casting. It is the result of rotating a comma 180°, inverting the comma. It is used singly or as double quotes.
Similarly, the closing quotation mark is the apostrophe. Also used singly or as double quotes.
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