【ellipsis】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句

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Ellipsis (linguistics)

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词源(Etymology)

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Doublet of ellipse.

发音(Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɪpsɪs/

名词(Noun)

ellipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ellipses)

1. (typography) A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.

   Synonym: dot dot dot

   • 2006, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 114

     CARD: Hey Baby. Thanks for the … last night. Love you!

     HAZEL: Wow. I’ve never despised an ellipsis so much in my life.

2. (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
3. (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
   • 2002, David Blanke, The 1910s: 219

     It was now possible for writers and directors to cut scenes that did not further the plot; called "ellipses" by filmmakers.

4. (obsolete, geometry) An ellipse.

翻译(Translations)

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Punctuation

Latin

词源(Etymology)

From Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”)

发音(Pronunciation)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /elˈliːp.sis/, [ɛlˈlʲiːp.sɪs]

名词(Noun)

ellīpsis f (genitive ellīpsis); third declension

1. ellipsis
2. ellipse
   • 1644, René Descartes, Principia philosophiae

     Unde sequitur ambitum ABCD non esse circulum perfectum, sed magis ad ellipsis figuram accedere

变化形式(Declension)

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

派生词(Descendants)

• → English: ellipsis
• → French: ellipse
• → Italian: ellissi, ellisse

来源参考(References)

• ellipsis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ellipsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette