pa.ren.the.sis

parenthesis的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [pəˈrenθisis]
KK音标发音： [pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs]

parenthesis的词性：
n.（名词）

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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，

4. An interruption of continuity; an interval:
间歇，停顿：连贯的打断；间歇：

“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)

parenthesis的词源：

5. 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]

6. from Greek
源自 希腊语

7. from parentithenai [to insert]
源自 parentithenai [插入，穿插]

8. para- [beside] * see para- ¹
para- [旁，侧] *参见 para-¹

9. en- [in] * see en
en- [在…里面] *参见 en

10. tithenai [to put] * see dh?-
tithenai [放，置] *参见 dh?-