Moonlight covered them with a layer of silver lace ... What is the function of ellipsis in this sentence?

This should be that the speech is not finished, and the meaning is not finished.

The usage of ellipsis is attached.

Ellipsis is also widely used, and its common usage is described in detail below.

First, it is used to omit quotation marks.

Quote other people's words and articles, keep them necessary and omit them unnecessarily according to the author's needs. For example:

1. Comrade Zhou Enlai said in a commanding tone: "Leave me alone, everyone should be calm and don't panic ..."

("Primary School Chinese" Book 6 When the plane is in distress)

2. "She seems to have seen …" is the association he generated from his sister's expression.

("Primary School Chinese" Volume 11 "Moonlight Song")

In case 1, Premier Zhou was considering the safety of others when the plane was in distress. The words that best reflect his noble quality of being fearless in times of crisis and always caring for others are kept here, and other words are omitted with ellipsis. Example 2 is quoted from Song of the Moonlight. The ellipsis omitted what the shoemaker imagined his sister saw.

Second, omit similar words.

In narration, it is sometimes necessary to list some similar things, such as flowers, colors, numbers, actions and behaviors. Many times, it is not necessary to list all these similar things, only a part can explain the problem, and the rest can be marked with ellipsis. For example:

Some buzz like bees, some chirp like birds, some bark like puppies, and some seem to snore. ...

(Primary Chinese Book 6 Underwater World)

4. I looked up and counted, "One, two, three …" Count, count, and then I got confused.

("Primary Chinese" Book 6 Apricots are ripe)

Example 3 ellipsis omits other sounds of benthos, and Example 4 ellipsis omits other numbers when counting apricots. Another example is:

He must have stamped his foot in high felt boots, his sausage hung on his belt, and he was huddled up with cold and shrugged his shoulders. ...

(Primary Chinese, Volume 12, Fanka)

Example 5 describes grandpa's freezing action during vigil. He not only stamped his foot, but also "huddled up". Many of his actions were omitted with ellipsis, leaving room for the reader's imagination.

Third, the omission of repeated words.

For example:

6. I jumped on the instructor and shouted, "instructor, instructor ..."

(Book 7 of Primary Chinese is a precious textbook)

7. Wow, wow ... The doll suddenly began to cry.

("Primary Chinese" Volume 7 Basic Training 7)

The ellipsis in Example 6 omits the call of "I" to the instructor, and the ellipsis in Example 7 omits the crying of the doll.

Fourth, sign language words are not finished (sometimes the meaning is not finished).

In the narrative, the author intentionally terminates the narrative, leaving a hidden blank for the reader; Some people don't keep their words; Someone was forced to interrupt while talking; Some temporarily put aside the ongoing language and turn to other things, and so on. These are "unfinished words" and can be marked with ellipsis. For example:

After thinking about it, it seems that a seed has taken root in my heart. ...

("Primary Chinese" Volume 7 Tall Gleditsia Tree)

Dear grandpa, have mercy and take me away from here and go back to our village home! I can't take it anymore! ……

(Primary Chinese, Volume 12, Fanka)

The ellipsis in these two examples left a lot of room for readers to think and imagine. In Example 8, which seeds are taking root? This ellipsis allows us to imagine and infer, and let us accept the character of Gleditsia sinensis in imagination. Example 9 is about Fanka crying to his grandfather in the distance under extremely tragic circumstances. This ellipsis represents his crying and his accusation. Another example is:

10. He sat there with an enamel bowl, chewed a few roots and our leftover fishbone for a while, and then frowned and swallowed it hard. I felt as if there were 10,000 steel needles stuck in my throat, and I lost my voice and cried, "Old monitor, how did you ..."

("Golden Hook", the tenth volume of primary school Chinese)

The ellipsis in this example indicates indecision. In the face of the difficult situation-the grassland is vast and there is no dry food, the old squad leader gave us all the hard-earned meals, but he secretly ate grass roots and we ate the remaining fishbones. How much my heart hurts. What language can express my feelings? I want to say it, but I can't. Another example is:

1 1. "Get down quickly ..." Just after the instructor shouted, the bomb exploded around us with a bang.

(Book 7 of Primary Chinese is a precious textbook)

12. Phoenix went on to say, "To build a nest, you must first choose a good foundation, such as three branches on a big trunk ..." Hearing this, the eagle thought, "Ah! It turned out to be looking for a branch, which is quite simple. I will. "

("Primary School Chinese" Volume 5 "Bird Science Art")

Example 1 1 didn't let the tutor go on. The bomb exploded and the language of the ellipsis was interrupted. Example 12 has not finished writing the ellipsis marked phoenix, and it has to be temporarily interrupted because of the idea of changing to eagle.

Five, double ellipsis (there are four triple points, that is, twelve points), marking the omission of a whole paragraph of text or a large paragraph of language.

This usage does not appear in primary school textbooks. Now let's quote and extract two texts, Waterfall and Visiting the Great Hall of the People, so that students can understand how to use double ellipsis.

13. Waterfalls

…………

The mountain road suddenly turned,

Ah! Saw the whole body of the waterfall!

This scene can't be compared,

Castle Peak and thousands of feet are all wrapped in silver.

…………

(Lesson 12, Volume 5 of Primary Chinese)

14. Visit the Great Hall of the People

Uncle Wang took me to visit the Great Hall of the People today. I am ecstatic.

…………

When he walked out of the gate, Uncle Wang said, "This magnificent Great Hall of the People was built in less than a year!" I can't help saying, "It was built so fast!"

(Lesson 6, Volume 6 of Primary Chinese)

Example 13 Waterfall is a poem in the third grade textbook. This poem has three stanzas, and we have omitted the first and third stanzas. Example 14 Visiting the Great Hall of the People is a text in the third grade textbook. The full text consists of nine sections, and we have omitted the middle seven sections (sections 2-8).

Sixth, the sign is silent.

This is an extremely rare usage. When the situation develops to the point where someone should speak and this person doesn't, ellipsis can be used to express it.

Now let's rewrite the end of the text "The Poor" and experience the usage of ellipsis.

The fisherman frowned and his face became serious and worried. "Well, it's a problem!" He scratched his head and said, "Well, what do you think? We have to bring them here. We can't stay with the dead! Oh, we, we can always get through this! Let's go Don't wait for them to wake up. "

But Sang Na sat still.

The fisherman urged Sang Na to hold Simon's baby, but Sang Na did not speak or act. Let's rewrite, as the fisherman said, Sang Na's performance:

"..." Sang Na sat motionless.

Quote the content of Sang Na's speech, but there is an ellipsis in the quotation marks, indicating that Sang Na did not speak.

Seven, the extension of the logo sound.

For example:

15. dada ... from a bridge, six flames suddenly burst out, blocking our army's way forward.

(primary school "Chinese" volume 9 "Dong Cunrui gave his life to blow up The Dark Castle")

If the machine gun keeps firing, the sound must be very long, which is marked with ellipsis in example 15.

Eight, intermittent sign language.

For example:

16. He shook his head gently, looked at the bundle of books and said feebly, "You should … study hard … in the future …"

(Book 7 of Primary Chinese is a precious textbook)

17. Pony said shyly, "A river is blocking the way, and I ... I can't cross it."

("Primary School Chinese" Volume III "Pony Crossing the River")

16 case, before the sacrifice, the instructor's breath was weak and it was difficult to say the whole sentence, so it was intermittent and marked with ellipsis. Example 17, Pony was embarrassed that he didn't finish the task, and his speech was stuttering and intermittent. Another example is:

18. Rodin looked at himself for a while, but frowned and said, "Ah! No, there is something wrong ... my left shoulder is a little off, my face ... sorry, please wait a moment. "

("Primary Chinese" Volume 8, concentrated)

In this example, the language is intermittent, not because of weak breathing or embarrassing interference, but because of thinking. There is something wrong with it. What's wrong with it? Look, think, the language is interrupted, and "the left shoulder is a little off" (failure) continues; There is something wrong with "face", thinking and language are interrupted, and "I'm sorry" continues. Language interruptions are marked with ellipsis. This is the same as the language interrupt marked "unfinished" mentioned in the previous article (article 4), except that the interrupt mentioned in the previous article is an interrupt that does not continue or an interrupt that does not continue.

In a word, the function of ellipsis is to omit and interrupt the mark language (the prolongation of the mark sound can be regarded as the ellipsis of similar words representing sound).

When using ellipsis, be careful not to mix it with words such as "etc" and "etc". Look at the following three sentences first:

This shop sells ornaments, including rings and necklaces. ...

The accessories sold in this shop include rings, necklaces and so on.

This shop sells ornaments such as rings and necklaces.

As can be seen from the examples, "ellipsis", "etc" and "like" all indicate the omission of similar things, and only one can be used, but not the same place.