punc·tu·ateBrE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt/NAmE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt/verbpresent simple - I / you / we / theypunctuateBrE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt/NAmE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt/present simple - he / she / itpunctuatesBrE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪts/NAmE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪts/past simplepunctuatedBrE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪtɪd/NAmE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪtɪd/past participlepunctuatedBrE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪtɪd/NAmE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪtɪd/ -ing formpunctuatingBrE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪtɪŋ/NAmE/ˈpʌŋktʃueɪtɪŋ/[T, often passive]~sth (withsth)tointerruptsthatintervals不时打断◆Herspeechwaspunctuatedbyburstsofapplause. 她的讲演不时被阵阵掌声打断。[I, T]~ (sth)todividewritingintosentencesandphrasesbyusingspecialmarks, forexamplecommas, questionmarks, etc.给…加标点符号