apostrophe
发音
英 [əˈpɒstrəfi]
美 [əˈpɑːstrəfi]
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- n.
- 撇号
- 省略符号
- 所有格符号
- <语>呼语
单词词源
apostrophe 撇号
前缀apo-, 从，从...离开。-strophe, 转，同stir, 搅动。
双语例句
- 1. Before the seventeenth century the apostrophe was rare .
- 17世纪以前，撇号很少被运用。
- 2. On the old woman 's knee was a large drop of blood shaped like an apostrophe .
- 在老太太的膝盖上有一个很大的镰刀状的伤口，就像一个撇号。
- 3. While this is not to say that the apostrophe should be renounced , there is plenty of evidence that it is on the way out .
- 虽然这不是说应该废弃撇号，但有充分的证据表明撇号已经过时了。
- 4. Maybe it is the errant apostrophe , the splitting of the poor old infinitive , or the use of " like " as a comma .
- 也许装的是用错的撇号、把可怜的老不定式分离、或是把“象”当作逗号用。
- 5. In britain , the apostrophe has , for some time , been vanishing from street signs , much to the chagrin of the apostrophe protection society ( founded 2001 ) .
- 在英国，撇号曾一度从路牌上消失，让2001年成立的撇号保护社团很是懊恼。