speech marks
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈspeech marks noun [plural] British English SLAthe marks (‘ ’) or (“ ”), that show when someone starts speaking and when they stop 引号 SYN quotation marks
Examples from the Corpus
speech marks• Does the dash have a different feel about it, different to the feel of speech marks?• What does it mean to get rid of speech marks altogether?• If a phrase is noteworthy then acknowledge the copying with speech marks and cite the source.ˈspeech marks nounChineseSyllable
the (“ Corpus ’) (‘ marks that when ”), or show
speech marks
ˈspeech marks
noun [plural] British English
the marks (‘ ’) or (‘ ’), that show when someone starts speaking and when they stop
SYN quotation marks
ˈspeech marks
noun [plural] British Englishthe marks (‘ ’) or (‘ ’), that show when someone starts speaking and when they stop
SYN quotation marks