(~s, punctuating, ~d)
If an activity or situation is ~d by particular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals. (WRITTEN)
The silence of the night was ~d by the distant rumble of traffic.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed by/with n
(~s, punctuating, ~d)
If an activity or situation is ~d by particular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals. (WRITTEN)
The silence of the night was ~d by the distant rumble of traffic.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed by/with n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012