请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 clipped form
释义

clipped form


noun

a word formed by dropping one or more syllables from a longer word or phrase with no change in meaning, as deli from delicatessen or flu from influenza.
Also called clipped word, clipping, shortening.
Compare back clipping, fore clipping.

Words nearby clipped form

clip forceps, clip joint, clip-on, clip-out, clipped, clipped form, clipper, clipper bow, clipper-built, clippers, Clipperton Island
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

British Dictionary definitions for clipped form

clipped form

noun

a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/3 8:49:47