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

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).

There are different types of abbreviations. Some are followed by a period (.) to show that the word has been shortened. Acronyms, like DNA, SAT, or NATO, which are abbreviations that are formed from the first letters of a series of words, are written in all capitals. And don’t get confused: if your friend asks to give you an abbreviation of his speech, he’s not going to shorten each word; he’s just going to leave the details out.

WORD FAMILY

abbreviation: abbreviations+/abbreviate: abbreviated, abbreviates, abbreviating, abbreviation, abbreviator/abbreviator: abbreviators

USAGE EXAMPLES

Mr Mathies apologised for a police tweet which referred to checks on "Nafris" - a police abbreviation for "North African offenders".

BBC(Jan 02, 2017)

He also expanded his vocabulary of Arabic slang and abbreviations.

The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016)

The director of the lab’s clinical-lab evaluation program replied that the practices sounded like “a form of PT cheating,” using an abbreviation for proficiency testing.

Wall Street Journal(Nov 16, 2016)

1n shortening something by omitting parts of it

Hyper

shortening

act of decreasing in length

2n a shortened form of a word or phrase

Hypo|Hyper

apocope

abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds

descriptor, form, signifier, word form

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

单词	abbreviation
释义	abbreviation (once / 3292 pages) n 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). There are different types of abbreviations. Some are followed by a period (.) to show that the word has been shortened. Acronyms, like DNA, SAT, or NATO, which are abbreviations that are formed from the first letters of a series of words, are written in all capitals. And don’t get confused: if your friend asks to give you an abbreviation of his speech, he’s not going to shorten each word; he’s just going to leave the details out. WORD FAMILY abbreviation: abbreviations+/abbreviate: abbreviated, abbreviates, abbreviating, abbreviation, abbreviator/abbreviator: abbreviators USAGE EXAMPLES Mr Mathies apologised for a police tweet which referred to checks on "Nafris" - a police abbreviation for "North African offenders". BBC(Jan 02, 2017) He also expanded his vocabulary of Arabic slang and abbreviations. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) The director of the lab’s clinical-lab evaluation program replied that the practices sounded like “a form of PT cheating,” using an abbreviation for proficiency testing. Wall Street Journal(Nov 16, 2016) 1n shortening something by omitting parts of it Hyper shortening act of decreasing in length 2n a shortened form of a word or phrase Hypo\|Hyper apocope abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds descriptor, form, signifier, word form the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
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