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    square bracket

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Letters & punctuation
    ˈsquare ˈbracket noun [countable] British English  SLAone of the pair of signs [ ] that are used for enclosing information 方括号 SYN American English bracketin square brackets The words in square brackets should be deleted. 方括号内的单词应该 删除。
    Examples from the Corpus
    square bracket• The square bracket shows the position of the insert.
    ˈsquare ˈbracket nounChineseSyllable
    one pair [ the that are signs ] of of Corpus


    square bracket
    ˈsquare ˈbracket noun [countable] British English
    one of the pair of signs \< \> that are used for enclosing information
       SYN  bracket American English
        in square brackets
        The words in square brackets should be deleted.


    square bracketBrE /ˌskweə ˈbrækɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌskwer ˈbrækɪt/ 🔊 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually bracket) noun [usually plural] either of a pair of marks, [ ], placed at the beginning and end of extra information in a text, especially comments made by an editor 方括号