punctuates
v. (在文字中)加标点符号,加标点( punctuate的第三人称单数 ); 不时打断某事物
If an activity or situation is punctuated by particular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals.
The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
夜晚的宁静不时被远处车辆的隆隆声打断。