parentheses
noun[plural]
mainlyUSuk/pəˈren.θə.siːz/us/pəˈren.θə.siːz/(UKusuallyround brackets,brackets)thesymbols( ) that are put around a word, phrase, orsentencein apieceof writing to show that what is inside them should beconsideredasseparatefrom themainpart:
圆括号Thestudents' firstnamesareshowninparentheses, like this: Baker (Tina).学生们的名被标示在圆括号中，比如：贝克（天娜）。
Punctuation
- abbreviated
- accent
- apostrophe
- at sign
- block capitals
- caron
- cedilla
- comma
- dash
- diacritical
- double prime
- question mark
- round brackets
- semicolon
- small cap
- small capitals
- solidus
- square brackets
- stroke
- unbracketed