| 释义 | apostrophicenUK
 a·pos·tro·phe 1A0372700 (ə-pŏs′trə-fē)n. The superscript sign ( ' ), usually used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.[French, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos, from apostrephein, to turn away : apo-, apo- + strephein, to turn; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.]
 ap′os·troph′ic (ăp′ə-strŏf′ĭk) adj.
 
 a·pos·tro·phe 2A0372700 (ə-pŏs′trə-fē)n. 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.[Late Latin apostrophē, from Greek, from apostrephein, to turn away; see  apostrophe1.]
 ap′os·troph′ic (ăp′ə-strŏf′ĭk) adj.Thesaurus
 EncyclopediaSeeapostrophe| Adj. | 1. | apostrophic - of or characteristic of apostrophe; "a passage of apostrophic grandeur" | 
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