comma
/ˈkɒmə/noun
1
- a punctuation mark(,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or separating items in a list逗号(, )。参见INVERTED COMMA.
2
- Music a minute interval or difference of pitch【乐】间歇, 小停顿; 音差。
3
- （亦作comma butterfly）a widespread butterfly that has orange and brown wings with ragged edges, and a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of the hindwing. Also called HOP MERCHANT in North America.银纹多角蛱蝶（北美亦称HOP MERCHANT）。
3.1
- Polygonia c-album, subfamily Nymphalinae, family Nymphalidae.拉丁名Polygonia c-album,蛱蝶亚科, 蛱蝶科。参见ANGLE WINGS.
词源
late 16th cent. （originally as a term in rhetoric denoting a group of words shorter than a colon; see COLON1）： via Latin from Greek komma 'piece cut off', short clause, from koptein 'cut'.