Apostrophe



GRE 蓝宝

解释

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• n. 书写中撇号 ( ') ( 表示省略或所有格)
• ［类］ apostrophes : word / ellipsis : sentence ( 撇号省略字 / 省略号省略句子)
• ［记］ apo+strophe ( 转) -> 用'把字语省略
• ［同］ 同根词: strophe ( 诗节, 轮流唱的诗) ; catastrophe ( 大灾难)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Latin, from Greek apostrophē, literally, act of turning away, from apostrephein to turn away, from apo- + strephein to turn
• Date: 1533
• the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically Carlyle's “O Liberty, what things are done in thy name!” is an example of apostrophe
• • apostrophic adjective

II. noun

• Etymology: French & Late Latin; French, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos, from apostrophos turned away, from apostrephein
• Date: 1727
• a mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters or figures, the possessive case, or the plural of letters or figures
• • apostrophic adjective

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