问一个分号的用法

jeffxu

prep2007 sc1 Q56

对答案没什么疑问。只是a brilliant 以及 and a red eye前各有一个分号。我明白它们是并列的宾语，但是分号难道不是必须跟一个完整句子吗？

First discovered more than 30 years ago, Lina'ssunbird, a four-and-a-half-inch animal found in the Philippines and that resembles a hummingbird, hasshimmering metallic colors on its head; a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts, in the center of its breast; and a red eye.

(A) found in the Philippines and that resembles
(B) found in the Philippines and that, resembling
(C) found in the Philippines and resembling
(D) that is found in the Philippines and it resembles
(E) that is found in the Philippines and that, resembling
答案是C

小爱Iris

哪位大牛来解答一下呀？？？同问，谢啦谢啦

jeffxu

自己回复一下，关于分号的这种用法。

A minor use of the semicolon is to separate items that themselves contain commas.
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