用法

(1)用于对句之间,或说明句[词组]、引用句[词组]之前等:

He has two hobbies: listening to music and reading novels.

他有两个嗜好:听音乐和读小说。

The house had been left unoccupied for a long time: it was dilapidated and full of cobwebs.

那栋房子久无人住:它摇摇欲坠而且满是蜘蛛网。

(2)用于表时、分、秒的数字之间:

10:15:40

(十点十五分四十秒)

the 9:15 train

(九点十五分的火车)

(3)用于圣经章、节之间:

Matt 5:3

(马太福音五章三节)。

(4)用于表对比的数字之间:

05:03

(五比三)

读作five to three

2:1=8:4

(二比一等于八比四)

读作Two is to one as eight is to four