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ab·bre·vi·a·tion
/əˌbrivɪˈeʃən/
名詞
縮寫
From:
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abbreviation
縮寫; 縮語
ABB
From:
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abbreviation
縮寫 簡略
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ab·bre·vi·a·tion
n.
1.
The
act
of
shortening
,
or
reducing
.
2.
The
result
of
abbreviating
;
an
abridgment
.
3.
The
form
to
which
a
word
or
phrase
is
reduced
by
contraction
and
omission
;
a
letter
or
letters
,
standing
for
a
word
or
phrase
of
which
they
are
a
part
;
as
,
Gen
.
for
Genesis
;
U.S.A.
for
United
States
of
America
.
4.
Mus.
One
dash
,
or
more
,
through
the
stem
of
a
note
,
dividing
it
respectively
into
quavers
,
semiquavers
,
or
demi-semiquavers
.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
abbreviation
n
1:
a
shortened
form
of
a
word
or
phrase
2:
shortening
something
by
omitting
parts
of
it
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