abbreviation

英 [əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn]

美 [əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn]

n.  略语; 缩写词; 缩写形式; 缩略; 缩写

复数：abbreviations　

CET6TOEFLIELTSTEM8

BNC.15465 / COCA.20008

牛津词典

noun

• 略语；缩写词；缩写形式
  a short form of a word, etc.
  1. What's the abbreviation for ‘Saint’?
     Saint的缩写形式是什么？
• 缩略；缩写
  the process of abbreviating sth

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 缩写词；缩略形式
  Anabbreviationis a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word.
  1. The postal abbreviation for Kansas is KS.
     堪萨斯州的邮政缩写是KS。

英英释义

noun

• shortening something by omitting parts of it
• a shortened form of a word or phrase

双语例句

• Isn't that the abbreviation for manuscript?
  这不是手稿一词的缩写吗？
• The title block uses the abbreviation expression.
  标题栏用缩写表示。
• Ambiguity, Cognition and Translation of English Abbreviations in Business Communication; English abbreviation is seen everywhere now.
  从认知语境看商务英语缩略语的歧义与翻译英语缩略语的使用已遍及社会生活的各个领域。
• "beiwai" is the abbreviation for Beijing Foreign studies.
  “北外”是北京外国语大学的简称。
• The abbreviation for this province is "Su", the second character of its name.
  其名中第二个字“苏”为该省简称。
• You can call me A.J., which is an abbreviation of my full name, Alexander Justice.
  你可以叫我A.J，这是我的全名AlexanderJustice的缩写。
• "dr." is an abbreviation for "doctor".
  dr.是doctor的缩写。
• The special shell abbreviation. ( or its synonym source) executes another shell script.
  特殊的Shell缩写.（或者它的同义词source）表示执行另一个Shell脚本。
• The scientific research is the scientific research routine abbreviation.
  科研是科学研究的习惯性简称。
• You can use first letter to search abbreviation that you wanted, or use category to find it.
  你可以使用首位字母来搜索你想要的词，或者使用分类来找到缩写词。