apostrophe

/ә'pɒstrәfi/

BNC频率: 28500

现代语料频率: 25254

雅思 GRE

中文翻译

n. 撇号, 呼语法

英文解释

n. address to an absent or imaginary person

n. the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word

词态变化

复数形式:apostrophes

常见例句

Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.

v use an apostrophe

-ing form of apostrophise v use an apostrophe

These are the official names for the double apostrophe symbols (") on your keyboard.\r \r Secondly, the proper syntax is to say QUOTE, followed by the phrase, closed by ENDQUOTE.\r \r CORRECT USAGE (spoken):\r What do you think of Bush's quote War on Terror endquote?\r \r means:\r What do you think of Bush's "War on Terror?"\r \r INCORRECT USAGE (spoken):\r What do you think of Bush's quote unquote War on Terror?\r \r means:\r What do you think of Bush's ""War on Terror?\r \r Get it? Good