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单词

apostrophe

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）.

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