parenthesis
Word family verbparenthesizeadjectiveparentheticnounparenthesisadverbparenthetically
pa·ren·the·sis /pəˈrenθɪsɪs/ ●○○ noun (plural parentheses /-siːz/) [countableC usually plural] 1 SLAa round bracket 圆括号in parentheses The figures in parentheses refer to page numbers. 圆括号内的数字表示页码。
2 in parenthesis British EnglishBrE, in parentheses American English if you say something in parenthesis, you say it while you are talking about something else in order to add information or explain something 作为插入语 In parenthesis, I should add that the results have not yet been proven. 插一句,我想补充的是这些结果还未得到证实。
→ punctuation mark Origin parenthesis (1500-1600) Late Latin Greek, from parentithenai “to put in”