syntax
noun [ U ] specialized uk/ˈsɪn.tæks/ us/ˈsɪn.tæks/
language 句法;句子结构
the grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence
The examples should always illustrate correct syntax.
The president's tortured syntax was often satirized.
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- He spoke using clumsy syntax and hilarious malapropisms.
- Signing is a conceptual language, not based on English syntax.
- E. E. Cummings was a poet famous for his use of lower case letters and quirky syntax.
- The search engine uses the Windows Desktop Search query syntax.
- REPLACE has the same syntax as INSERT, and works exactly like INSERT.