英语词汇“abbreviate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ab·bre·vi·ate

(ə-brēvē-āt′)

tr.v. ab·bre·vi·at·ed, ab·bre·vi·at·ing, ab·bre·vi·ates

1. To make shorter: abbreviated the meeting to make time for your visit. See Synonyms at shorten.

2. To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.

[Middle English abbreviaten, from Late Latin abbreviāre, abbreviāt- : ad-, ad- + breviāre, to shorten (from brevis, short; see mregh-u- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]

ab·brevi·a′tor n.

单词	abbreviate
释义	ab·bre·vi·ate (ə-brēvē-āt′) tr.v. ab·bre·vi·at·ed, ab·bre·vi·at·ing, ab·bre·vi·ates 1. To make shorter: abbreviated the meeting to make time for your visit. See Synonyms at shorten. 2. To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form. [Middle English abbreviaten, from Late Latin abbreviāre, abbreviāt- : ad-, ad- + breviāre, to shorten (from brevis, short; see mregh-u- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] ab·brevi·a′tor n.
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