tortoise shell bracket

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Either of a pair of symbols,〔 〕, sometimes used in Japanese to enclose comments in quoted text.

词形变化

tortoise shell brackets plural tortoiseshell bracket alternative

词源

Calque from Japanese 亀(きっ)甲(こう)括(かっ)弧(こ) (kikkōkakko, literally “tortoise shell bracket”), due to their resemblance to the shell of a tortoise. By surface analysis, tortoise shell + bracket.
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