Apostrophe
[ ə'pɔstrəfi ]
其它 Other
n. 撇号;省略符号;所有格符号;<语>呼语;
📝 例句
apostrophe editing
撇号编辑
apostrophe character
撇号字符
To address by or speak or write in apostrophe.
使用呼语法，对…发出呼语在讲演或写作中使用呼语法
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ apo-前缀“远离”,strophe-词根“转”:把单词中的字母转远了→撇号
※ apo-拼音“阿婆”,strophe-谐音“使错肥”:阿婆种菜使错了肥料,结果菜都长成了‘的样子了
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
apostrophe
n
sign (') used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been omitted (as in can't for cannot, I'm for I am, '76 for 1976, etc), the possessive form of nouns (as in the boy's/boys' meaning of the boy/boys), and the plural of letters (as in There are two l's in `bell') 撇号（'）（可作省字符, 用以表示字母或数字的省略, 如can't为cannot之略, I'm为I am之略, '76为1976之略; 亦可作名词所有格符号, 如The boy's/boys'意为 of the boy/boys; 也可用以构成字母的复数形式, 如在 there are two l's in `bell' 一句中的bell一字有两个 l）. =>App 3 见附录3.
apostrophe n (fml 文) passage in a public speech, poem, etc, addressed to a person (often dead or absent) or to a thing as if it were a person 呼语（在演说或诗歌等中对某人, 常为死者或不在场者, 或对拟人的事物所说的话）.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'pɒstrәfi]n. 撇号, 呼语法
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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When the plants are in the ground I'll put some powder on the soil.
白菜在地里生长时，我得在土壤里施些肥粉。
That's easier said than done!
说来容易做起来难哪！
In the beginning they used to carve Chinese characters on stones to record important dates in history.
开始时，他们常把汉字刻在石头上，记载历史上重要的日期。