【abbreviation】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句

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英语(English)

See also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on:

Abbreviation.

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abbreviation

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替代形式(Alternative forms)

abbr., abbrv., abbrev.

词源(Etymology)

First attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Late Latin abbreviātiō, from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”).

发音(Pronunciation)

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Audio (UK)
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˌbɹi.viˈeɪ.ʃn̩/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

名词(Noun)

abbreviation (countable and uncountable, plural abbreviations)

The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16^th century.]^[1]
The process of abbreviating. [Mid 16^th century.]^[1]
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
- (Can we date this quote by President Truman's committee on Civil Rights and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
  The phrase "civil rights" is an abbreviation for a whole complex of relationships.
(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.

同义词(Synonyms)

abbreviature; abridgement; abstract; compend; compression; condensation; contraction; curtailment; epitome; reduction; shortcut; summary

反义词(Antonyms)

amplification; dilation; enlargement; expansion; expatiation; extension; production

下义词(Hyponyms)

(linguistics): acronym (employing initial letters or syllables); initialism (employing initial letters); symbol, sign (employing marks other than letters)

翻译(Translations)

shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase

abridged version of a document

act or result of shortening or reducing

music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note

mathematics: reduction to lower terms

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来源参考(References)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “abbreviation” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 3.

“abbreviation” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“abbreviation” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"abbreviation" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

[SOED-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “abbreviation” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 3.

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