英语词汇“abbreviate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ab·bre·vi·ate

(ə-brēvē-āt′)

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·brevi·a′tor n.

单词	abbreviate
释义	ab·bre·vi·ate (ə-brēvē-āt′) 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·brevi·a′tor n.
随便看	on-the-job on the level on the line on the loose on the make on the march on the market on the mend on the money on the move on the nose on the off chance on the onehand on the order of on the other hand on the outs on the part of on the prowl on the qui vive on the rack on the rag on-the-record on the right foot on the road on the rocks