pa.ren.the.sis
n.（名词）【复数】 par.en.the.ses[-sôz.] 缩写 par.,paren.Either or both of the upright curved lines, ( or ), used to mark off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing or printing or enclose a sum, product, or other expression considered or treated as a collective entity in a mathematical operation.圆括号，圆括弧：两个直立曲线或其中之一，（或），用于标出解释文字及书写或打印中的限定语或包含一个和、积或其它在数学运算中作为或被当作是一个集体的性质的表达式
A qualifying or amplifying word, phrase, or sentence inserted within written matter in such a way as to be independent of the surrounding grammatical structure.插入成份，插入词：在书写中插入的与上下文的语法结构没有关系的限定或补充的词、短语或句子A comment departing from the theme of discourse; a digression.插话，插曲，穿插：与讨论的主题无关的看法；离题话An interruption of continuity; an interval:间歇，停顿：连贯的打断；间歇：例句：.This is one of the things I wasn`t prepared for—the amount of unfilled time, the long parentheses of nothing.(Margaret Atwood).这是我没作准备的事情之一——空闲时间的数量及无所事事的停顿.(玛格丽特·阿特伍德)
来源：Late Latin [insertion of a letter or syllable in a word] 后期拉丁语 [在单词插入一个字母或音节] from Greek 源自 希腊语 from parentithenai [to insert] 源自 parentithenai [插入，穿插] para- [beside] * see para- para- [旁，侧] *参见 para-en- [in] * see en en- [在…里面] *参见 en tithenai [to put] * see dhô- tithenai [放，置] *参见 dhô-
