释义 |
ab·bre·vi·ate AHD[ə-brēʹvē-āt'] D.J.[əˈbriːviːˌeɪt]K.K.[əˈbriviˌet]v.tr.(及物动词)ab.bre.vi.at.ed, ab.bre.vi.at.ing, ab.bre.vi.ates - To make shorter.See Synonyms at shorten 缩短 参见 shorten
- To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.缩略:将(单词或短语)缩到较短的形式来代表完整的形式
- Middle English abbreviaten 中古英语 abbreviaten
- from Late Latin abbreviāre abbreviāt- 源自 后期拉丁语 abbreviāre abbreviāt-
- ab- variant of ad- [ad-] ab- ad-的变体 [ad-前缀,表朝向]
- breviāre [to shorten] from brevis [short] * see mregh-u- breviāre [缩短] 源自 brevis [短的] * 参见 mregh-u-
abbreʹvia'tor n.(名词) |