full stop
noun[C]
UKuk/ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/us/ˌfʊl ˈstɑːp/(USperiod)B1
thesymbol. used in writing at the end of asentenceor at the end of theshortformof a word
句号- Hekeepsmissingthe fullstopsoff theendsof hissentences.
- Makesureyou put a full stop at the end of everysentence.
Punctuation
- abbreviated
- accent
- acute
- apostrophe
- at sign
- block capitals
- caron
- cedilla
- comma
- dash
- diacritical
- double prime
- round brackets
- semicolon
- small cap
- small capitals
- solidus
- square brackets
- stroke
- unbracketed
Grammar
Punctuation
The most common punctuation marks in English are: capital letters and full stops, question marks, commas, colons and semi-colons, exclamation marks and quotation marks.…Punctuation: capital letters (B, D) and full stops (.)
We use capital letters to mark the beginning of a sentence and we use full stops to mark the end of a sentence:…Idiom
come to a full stop
full stop
adverb
UKuk/ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/us/ˌfʊl ˈstɑːp/(USperiod)used at the end of asentence, usually when you areangry, to say you will notcontinuetodiscussasubject:
到此为止,得了,不必多说Look, I'm notlendingyou mycar, full stop!好了,我不会借给你汽车的,不必多说了!
Linguistics: intensifying expressions
- all the wayidiom
- annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out ofsomeoneidiom
- anything
- as... as anythingidiom
- at leastidiom
- bare
- blank
- come
- dear
- doubt
- end of storyidiom
- load
- long
- on steroidsidiom
- pestilential
- price
- pure
- Sam Hill
- the shit out ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- to say the leastidiom