单词 | abbreviation |
释义 | abbreviationab‧bre‧vi‧a‧tion /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃən/ ●●○ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen a name or word is a shorter way of saying something► be short for Collocations · VHF is short for Very High Frequency.· 'Is "Shelley" short for anything?' 'Yes, my real name's Michelle.'· What's 'ISP' short for? ► stand for if a letter stands for a name or word, it is the first letter of that name or word: · 'What does "NAC" stand for?' 'National Aerobics Championships'.· On a US ship, you see 'USS', standing for 'United States Ship'.· The 'F' in 'John F Kennedy' stood for 'Fitzgerald'. ► for short if you call someone or something a particular name for short , you call them by a name that is a shorter way of saying their real name: · Hi, my name's Moses -- Mo for short.· He's actually called Jeremy, but everyone who knows him calls him Jem for short. ► abbreviate to make a long name or word shorter so that it is easier to say or write: · Is it correct to abbreviate 'Avenue', 'Street' and so on when writing an address on an envelope?be abbreviated to something: · The word "kilogram' is usually abbreviated to "kg'. ► abbreviation a shorter way of saying a word or the name of something such as an organization or someone's job, especially by using the first letters of words instead of the whole words: · Disk Operating Systems are usually known by the abbreviation DOS.· a Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations· I never knew the abbreviation 'GI' stood for 'Government Issue'.abbreviation for: · BBC is an abbreviation for British Broadcasting Corporation. WORD SETS► Grammarabbr., abbreviate, verbabbreviation, nounabstract noun, nounaccusative, nounactive, adjectiveadj., adjective, nounadv., adverb, nounadverbial, adjectiveaffix, nounantecedent, nounapposition, nounarticle, nounaspect, nounattributive, adjectiveaux., auxiliary, nounauxiliary verb, nouncase, nouncausal, adjectiveclause, nouncollective noun, nouncommon noun, nouncomparative, adjectivecomparison, nouncomplement, nouncomplex, adjectivecompound, nounconcord, nounconcrete noun, nounconditional, adjectiveconditional, nounconj., conjugate, verbconjugation, nounconjunction, nounconnective, nounconstruction, nouncontinuous, adjectivecontraction, nouncoordinate, adjectivecoordinating conjunction, nouncopula, nouncountable, adjectivecount noun, noundative, noundeclension, noundefinite article, noundemonstrative, adjectivedemonstrative pronoun, noundependent clause, noundeterminer, noundirect discourse, noundirect object, noundirect speech, noundisjunctive, adjectiveditransitive, adjectivedouble negative, noun-ed, suffixending, noun-est, suffix-eth, suffixfeminine, adjectivefinite, adjectiveform, nounfunction word, nounfuture, adjectivegender, noungenitive, noungerund, noungradable, adjectivegrammar, noungrammarian, noungrammatical, adjectivehistoric present, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounimperative, adjectiveimperative, nounimpersonal, adjectiveindefinite article, nounindependent clause, nounindicative, nounindicative, adjectiveindirect discourse, nounindirect object, nounindirect speech, nouninfinitive, nouninflect, verbinflected, adjectiveinflection, noun-ing, suffixintensifier, nouninterjection, nouninterrogative, adjectiveinterrogative, nounintransitive, adjectivelinking verb, nounmain clause, nounmasculine, adjectivemodal, nounmodal auxiliary, nounmodal verb, nounmodifier, nounmodify, verbmood, nounn., neuter, adjectivenominal, adjectivenominative, nounnon-finite, adjectivenon-restrictive, adjectivenoun, nounnumber, nounobject, nounparse, verbparticipial, adjectiveparticiple, nounparticle, nounpartitive, nounpart of speech, nounpassive, adjectivepassivize, verbpast, adjectivepast participle, nounpast perfect, nounperfect participle, nounperiphrasis, nounpersonal pronoun, nounphrasal verb, nounphrase, nounpl., plural, nounplural, adjectiveplurality, nounpossessive, adjectivepossessive, nounpredeterminer, nounpredicate, nounpredicative, adjectiveprefix, nounprefix, verbprep., preposition, nounprepositional phrase, nounpres., present participle, nounprogressive, adjectivepronominal, adjectivepronoun, nounproper noun, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounqualifier, nounquantifier, nounquestion tag, nounreflexive, adjectiveregular, adjectiverelative clause, nounrelative pronoun, nounreported speech, nounrestrictive clause, nounroot, nounrule, nounrun-on sentence, nounsecond person, nounsemicolon, nounsentence, nounsentence adverb, nounsingular, adjectivesolecism, nounsplit infinitive, nounstative, adjectivestem, nounsubject, nounsubjective, adjectivesubjunctive, nounsubordinate clause, nounsubstantive, nounsuffix, nounsuperlative, adjectivesyntactic, adjectivesyntax, nountag, nountense, nountransitive, adjectiveuncountable, adjectivev., variant, nounverb, nounverbal, adjectivevocative, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► use 1[countable] a short form of a word or expressionabbreviation of/for ‘Dr’ is the written abbreviation of ‘Doctor’.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say be short for instead of be the abbreviation of/for:· W.H.O. is short for ‘World Health Organization’.2[uncountable] the act of abbreviating something· All boats will now carry three-letter designations using standard Olympic abbreviations.· Then use the abbreviation throughout the document.· Latin abbreviations, algebraic symbols, contractions of words and personal inventions can all be used. |
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