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单词 ellipsis
释义 ellipsis
 /i lip"sis/,  n.  ,  pl.   ellipses /-seez/.
  1.  Gram.  
   a. the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down.
   b. the omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent items that are in a preceding or following construction, as the omission of been to Paris from the second clause of I've been to Paris, but they haven't.
  2.  Print.   a mark or marks as - - , ... , or * * *, to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words.
 [1560-70; < L ellipsis < Gk élleipsis an omission, equiv. to el- (var. of en- EN-2) + leip- (s. of leípein to leave) + -sis -SIS]
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