| 单词 | apostrophe |
| 释义 | apostrophe apostrophe1 —apostrophic /ap'euh strof"ik, -stroh"fik/, adj. /euh pos"treuh fee/, n. the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o'er for over, or pronounced, as in gov't for government; to indicate the possessive case, as in man's; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols, as in several M.D.'s, 3's. [1580-90; < MF (with pron. later altered by confusion with APOSTROPHE2), r. earlier apostrophus < LL ( > MF) < Gk apóstrophos (prosoidía) eliding (mark), lit., (mark) of turning away, verbid of apostréphein to turn away, equiv. to apo- APO- + stréphein to turn; see STROPHE] apostrophe2 —apostrophic /ap'euh strof"ik, -stroh"fik/, adj. /euh pos"treuh fee/, n. Rhet. a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as "O Death, where is thy sting?" [1525-35; < LL < Gk apostrophé a turning away, equiv. to apostroph- (verbid of apostréphein; see APOSTROPHE1) + -e n. suffix] |
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