quotation marks
noun🔊/kwəʊˈteɪʃn mɑːks/
🔊/kwəʊˈteɪʃn mɑːrks/
(also informal quotes, quote marks, speech marks)
(British English also inverted commas)
[plural]a pair of marks (‘ ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual way 引号 Extra ExamplesTopics Languageb1Put direct speech in quotation marks. 用引号引起直接讲话。 There were quotation marks around the word ‘expert’. “专家”一词周围有引号。 You can use double quotation marks inside single ones. 您可以在单引号内使用双引号。