quotation marks
noun /kwəʊˈteɪʃn mɑːks/
/kwəʊˈteɪʃn mɑːrks/
(also informal quotes, quote marks, speech marks)
(British English also inverted commas)
[plural]- a pair of marks (‘ ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual way
引号 Topics Languageb1- Put direct speech in quotation marks.
直接引语用引号括起来。 - There were quotation marks around the word ‘expert’.
“专家”这个词周围有引号。 - You can use double quotation marks inside single ones.
单引号内可以使用双引号。
- Put direct speech in quotation marks.