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短语

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used to represent a value that may vary: see x.

    I teach all of the 30x classes.

  2. 1.

    Used to replace a /ks/ sound, especially in monosyllabic words ending in -cks or -ks.

    美国 非正式

    blax (“blacks”), clox (“clocks”), fax (“facts”), folx (“folks”), hax (“hacks”), pix (“pics”), punx (“punks”), snax (“snacks”), sox (“socks”), stix (“sticks”), tix (“tickets”), trax (“tracks”)

  3. 1.

    An abbreviation marker.

    Dx (“diagnosis”), elex (“election”), Hx (“history”), pax (“passenger”), RX (“receive”), TX (“transmit”)

  4. 1.

    Used to replace a gendered suffix.

    alumnx, Chicanx, Latinx

词源

The letter x is prototypically pronounced [ks] in English; it therefore serves as a convenient shorthand for the digraphs (cs, ks, etc.) or trigraphs (cks etc.) that would otherwise represent that consonant cluster.

来源：wiktionary