| 单词 | apostrophe |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ə'pɔstrəfi] |
| 解释 | n.书写中撇号(’)(表示省略或所有格) |
| 红宝书 | 【考】 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) |
| 字源 | apostrophe (n.) mark indicating omitted letter, 1580s, from Middle French apostrophe, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos (prosoidia) "(the accent of) turning away," thus, a mark showing where a letter has been omitted, from apostrephein "avert, turn away," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + strephein "to turn" (see strophe). In English, the mark often represents loss of -e- in -es, possessive ending. It was being extended to all possessives, whether they ever had an -e- or not, by 18c. Greek also used this word for a "turning aside" of an orator in speech to address some individual, a sense first recorded in English 1530s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 撇号(‘)(在字母上方的符号('apos;), ①表示省略, can'apos;t = can not; 'apos;88 = 1988; ②表示所有格, boy'apos;s; James'apos;; ③表示复数, two 0'apos;s, four 9'apos;s; ④表示年代, the 1980'apos;s, 读作the nineteen eighties, 20世纪80年代; ⑤表示一单词中的某一音不发, 'apos;lectric = electric) 【记】apo远离, strophe转－把单词中的字母转远了－撇号 【参】strophe(n 诗节, 轮流唱的诗); catastrophe(n 大灾难) 【类】apostrophes: word = ellipsis: sentence撇号省略字 = 省略号省略句子 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】strop 皮带，象撇号(') 【相关】anastrophe 倒置法，epistrophes 结语反复, catastrophe 大灾难，strophe 古希腊歌队唱的歌,诗节 |
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