abbreviation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/    美 /əˌbɹi.viˈeɪ.ʃn̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment. countable,uncountable
  2. A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. countable,uncountable
    — Hants is an abbreviation of Hampshire.
  3. The process of abbreviating. countable,uncountable
  4. A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf. countable,uncountable
  5. One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers. countable,uncountable
  6. Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole. countable,uncountable
    — The phrase "civil rights" is an abbreviation for a whole complex of relationships.
  7. Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern. countable,uncountable
  8. Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction. countable,uncountable

词形变化

abbreviations plural abbr. alternative abbrv. alternative abbrev. alternative

词汇关系

近义词
abbreviature abridgement abstract compend compression condensation contraction curtailment epitome reduction shortcut summary
反义词
amplification dilation enlargement expansion expatiation extension production
下位词
acronym
衍生词
abbreviationitis graphic abbreviation syllabic abbreviation unabbreviation

词源

First attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō, from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, abbreviate + -ion.
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