punctuate
/ˈpʌŋktjʊeɪt/verb
with obj.
1
- （常作be punctuated）occur at intervals throughout (a continuing event or a place)不时打断（连续事件, 相连之处）：
the country's history has been punctuated by coups.
该国历史上曾多次发生政变。
1.1
punctuate something with
interrupt or intersperse (an activity) with用…打断（或穿插于）（活动）：she punctuates her conversation with snatches of song.
她在谈话过程中不时唱上一曲。
2
- insert punctuation marks in (text)在（文本）中加标点。
词源
mid 17th cent. （in the sense 'point out'）： from medieval Latin punctuat- 'brought to a point', from the verb punctuare, from punctum 'a point'.