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    apostrophe

    详细解释:n. 撇号, 呼语法

    词型变化:

    形容词:apostrophic

    英语解释:

    名词 apostrophe:

    address to an absent or imaginary personthe mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word

    详细解释:


    apostrophe

    n.(名词)
    The superscript sign (`) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, and the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.
    撇号:写在字上方的符号(`),用来表示从单词中省略一个或几个字母、所有格形式及数字、字母、缩写的复数形式

    来源:
    French
    法语
    from Late Latin apostrophus
    源自 后期拉丁语 apostrophus
    from Greek apostrophos
    源自 希腊语 apostrophos
    from apostrephein [to turn away]
    源自 apostrephein [离开]
    apo- [apo-]
    apo- [前缀,表示.离开.]
    strephein [to turn] * see streb(h)-
    strephein [转] *参见 streb(h)-

    【引伸】
    ap.ostroph.ic

    apostrophe
    apostrophe 2

    n.(名词)
    The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.
    呼语:直接称呼不在场或虚构的人物或称呼拟人的事物,尤指作为演讲或作文过程中的离题话

    来源:
    Late Latin apostrophô
    后期拉丁语 apostrophô
    from Greek
    源自 希腊语
    from apostrephein [to turn away] * see apostrophe
    源自 apostrephein [离开] *参见 apostrophe

    【引伸】
    ap.ostroph.ic