punc·tu·ate/`pʌŋktʃˏet; ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt/ v [T] 1 to divide your writing into sentences, phrases etc using COMMAs [,], FULL STOPs [.] etc 加标点于 2 be punctuated by/with used to say that something happens often, or that something is often interrupted by another thing 〔某事〕常常发生; 经常被打断: The early 70s were punctuated by a series of strikes and demonstrations. 70 年代初期常常发生罢工和示威游行。