Abbreviate
[ə'briːvɪeɪt] or [ə'brivɪ'et]
解释:
(v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
(v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
(a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
(a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
(n.) An abridgment.
整理:塞尔瓦托
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Shorten (by cutting off), curtail, reduce, contract, retrench, abridge, condense, compress, epitomize, cut short, cut down.
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同义词及反义词:
SYN:Shorten, reduce, abridge, contract, curtail, epitomize, condense, prune,compress
ANT:Lengthen, prolong, extend, enlarge, produce, elongate, amplify, expand, dilate
校对:索尼亚
解释:
v.t. to make brief or short: to abridge.—ns. Abbreviā′tion Abbrē′viature a shortening a part of a word put for the whole; Abbrē′viator one who abbreviates.—adj. Abbrē′viatory.
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