句切る

くぎる【区切る， 句切る】

①［文章などを］

〔句読点をつける〕

punctuate

|他|…を(句読点をつけて)区切る.

②［仕切る］

〔区切る， 分割する， 間をあける〕

*square

|他|…を四角に仕切る［区切る］(off).

intercept

|他|〔数〕(空間)を2点［2線］で切り取る， 区切る.

partition

|他|…を区分する， 仕切る(off)

partition off a house into five rooms 家を5部屋に区切る.

▲mark off this area for athletic practice この区域をスポーツ練習場として区切る.

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くぎる【句切る･区切る】

1 〔文などをまとまりで切る〕 punctuate; mark [set] off 《a clause》 with a comma.

●話を区切る punctuate a story

・文を 4 つに区切る punctuate a sentence into four parts

・一句ずつ句切って読む read 《a text》 with pauses between phrases

・文を短く句切って書く write in short sentences.

●彼は一言(_ひとこと)一言ゆっくりと句切って話した. He spaced his words carefully and slowly. | He spoke slowly, pausing [with pauses] between his words.

2 〔仕切る･わける〕 cut off [divide] 《by a partition》; mark off; partition (off).

●時間を区切る divide up the time

・時代をいくつかに区切る mark off a period into several divisions

・範囲を区切って出題する divide 《a text》 into sections to be tested separately

・土地を区切る mark [parcel] out some land.