| 单词 | apostrophe |
| 释义 | Word Frequency apostrophe 1(əˈpɒstrəfɪ) noun the punctuation mark ' used to indicate the omission of a letter or number, such as he's for he has or he is, also used in English to form the possessive, as in John's father and twenty pounds'worth Word origin C17: from Late Latin, from Greek apostrophos mark of elision, from apostrephein to turn awayWord Frequency apostrophe 2(əˈpɒstrəfɪ) noun rhetoric a digression from a discourse, esp an address to an imaginary or absent person or a personification Derived forms apostrophic (ˌæpəˈstrɒfɪk) adjective Word origin C16: from Latin apostrophē, from Greek: a turning away, digression |
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