abbreviate

大学

vt. 缩写, 使...简略, 缩短 vi. 使用缩写词

发音

US /əˈbɹi.vi.ət/
UK /əˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt/
US /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/
SCOT /əˈbriviet/

词形变化

abbreviates 复数 abbreviated abbreviates 三单 abbreviates abbreviating abbreviating 现在分词 abbreviated 过去式 abbreviated 过去分词 more abbreviate 比较级 most abbreviate 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

缩写，使省略；使简短

动词

使用缩写词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An abridgment.

    苏格兰 废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To shorten by omitting parts or details.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To speak or write in a brief manner.

    不及物 废旧
  3. 3.

    To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.

    缩写

    缩略

    及物
  4. 4.

    To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.

    及物

    Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.

  5. 5.

    To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

    及物 数学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Abbreviated.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Abbreviated, abridged, shortened.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

    生物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

cut contract reduce shorten abridge foreshorten

上位词 4

reduce decrease lessen minify

下位词 8

concentrate digest shorten castrate condense bowdlerise bowdlerize expurgate

近义相关 3

cut edit edit out

词源

From Middle English abbreviat(e) (“abbreviated”, used as the past participle of abbreviaten); the noun is derived by subtsantivization from the adjective. See -ate (adjective forming suffix), -ate (noun forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

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