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

单词

apostrophises

释义

apostrophe² /ə-posˈtrə-fi/

noun

A sudden turning away from the ordinary course of a speech to address some person or object present or absent (explained by Quintilian as addressed to a person present, but extended by modern use to the absent or inanimate)
The ranging of chloroplasts along the side walls of the cell in intense light (botany)

ORIGIN: Gr apo from, and strophē a turning

apostrophic /ap-ə-strofˈik/ adjective

aposˈtrophize or aposˈtrophise transitive verb

To address in or by apostrophe

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