apostrophe

B2 FREQ #44147

n. 撇号, 呼语法

发音

UK /əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/
其它
US /əˈpɑs.tɹə.fi/
AU

词形变化

apostrophes 复数

别名

apostrophë apostrophy

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.

    省略符号

    隔音符号

    省字符

    撇号

    顿呼

    媒体
  2. 1.

    A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.

    可数 不可数
  3. 1.

    An arrangement of chlorophyll grains perpendicular to the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to epistrophe (an arrangement on the outer surface).

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

punctuation punctuation mark rhetorical device

相关短语

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词源

From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).

来源：wiktionary