ellipsis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues. countable,uncountable
    — The ellipsis in 1, 2, 3, ..., 8, 9 means that the numbers 4, 5, 6, and 7 are not explicitly included, but are considered to be part of the pattern.
  2. The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
  3. The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot. countable,uncountable
    — It was now possible for writers and directors to cut scenes that did not further the plot; called "ellipses" by filmmakers.
  4. An ellipse. countable,obsolete,uncountable

词形变化

ellipses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
ellipsism ellipsization vertical ellipsis
相关词
elliptical elliptically eclipsis ecthlipsis apostrophe curly brackets brace square bracket bracket colon comma dash exclamation mark fraction slash guillemet hyphen interpunct interrobang parentheses (US Canada) full stop period question mark quotation marks semicolon slash stroke space

词源

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Doublet of ellipse.
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