单词 | abbreviate |
释义 | ab·bre·vi·ate ![]() tr.v. ab·bre·vi·at·ed, ab·bre·vi·at·ing, ab·bre·vi·ates 1. To make shorter: abbreviated the meeting to make time for your visit. See Synonyms at shorten. 2. To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form. [Middle English abbreviaten, from Late Latin abbreviāre, abbreviāt- : ad-, ad- + breviāre, to shorten (from brevis, short; see mregh-u- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] ab·brevi·a′tor n. |
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