| 释义 |
apostrophe1 /a'postrafi; a'pastrafi/ n the sign, used to show omission of letter(s) or number(s), (as in can't, I'm, '05, for cannot, I am, 1905), for the possessive (as in boy's, boys'), and for the plurals of letters (as in There are two l's in 'Bell'). 符号(’)：用作省略号(表示字母或数字之省略，如 can't = cannot, I'm = I am, 05 = 1905), 或用作所有格符号(如boy's, boys'), 或用于构成字母的复数形(如 Bell 中有两个 l 字母，以 two l's 表示之)。→ App 3. 参看附录九。 |