comma

noun

/ˈkɒmə/

/ˈkɑːmə/

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the mark ( , ) used to separate the items in a list or to show where there is a slight break in a sentence逗号
- The relative clause is separated by commas.关系从句用逗号隔开。
- You need to put a comma before ‘which’.你需要在“哪个”前面加一个逗号。
see also inverted commasTopics Languagea2
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally as a term in rhetoric denoting a group of words shorter than a colon): via Latin from Greek komma ‘piece cut off, short clause’, from koptein ‘cut’.