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单词 ellipsis
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
el•lip•sis  (i lipsis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz).USA pronunciation 
  1. Grammar
    • Grammarthe omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down.
    • Grammarthe omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent items that are in a preceding or following construction, as the omission of been to Paris from the second clause of I've been to Paris, but they haven't.
  2. Printinga mark or marks as ——, …, or * * *, to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words.
  • Greek élleipsis an omission, equivalent. to el- (variant of en- en-2) + leip- (stem of leípein to leave) + -sis -sis
  • Latin ellīpsis
  • 1560–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ellipsis /ɪˈlɪpsɪs/ n ( pl -ses / -siːz/)

  1. Also called: eclipsis omission of parts of a word or sentence
  2. a sequence of three dots (…) indicating an omission in text
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from Greek elleipsis omission, from elleipein to leave out, from leipein to leave
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