abbreviation
abbreviation 英 [əbriːvɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [əˌbrivɪ'eʃən]
n. 缩写；缩写词
名词复数:abbreviations
- Abbreviation is the process of shortening something, usually a word or phrase, or the shortened version itself. “Mr.” is the abbreviation of “mister,” NASA is the abbreviation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, etc. (hey, that's an abbreviation too).
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- n. 缩写；缩写词
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1. What's the abbreviation for ‘Saint’?
*Saint 的缩写形式是什么？
- abbreviation (n.) mid-15c., "act of shortening; a shortened thing," from Middle French abréviation (15c.), from Late Latin abbreviationem (nominative abbreviatio), noun of action from past participle stem of abbreviare "shorten, make brief," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + breviare "shorten," from brevis "short, low, little, shallow" (from PIE root *mregh-u- "short").
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