SLAthe mark (, ) used in writing to show a short pause or to separate things in a list 逗号
→inverted comma, punctuation mark
Examples from the Corpus
comma• The 2 parameters should be separated by a comma or a hyphen.• A hyphen is an acceptable alternative to a comma.• A semicolon following a prompt string is an acceptable alternative to a comma.• Unfortunately, most businesspeople go one of two ways-they either avoid commas completely or saturate every line.• The next question is whether to use a colon, comma, or dash after the salutation.• Now there is no more loneliness comma.• Delete any extra spaces between the number and the comma. 11.• I also saw two comma butterflies.
Origincomma
(1500-1600)Latin“part of a sentence”, from Greekkomma“part, clause”, from koptein“to cut”