apostrophe
英 [əˈpɒstrəfi]
美 [əˈpɑːstrəfi]
n. 撇号; 省字符; 省略符号; 所有格符号; 复数符号
复数：apostrophes
BNC.28500 / COCA.25254
牛津词典
noun
- 撇号；省字符； 省略符号
the mark ( ' ) used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out, as in she's for she is and '63 for 1963 - 撇号；所有格符号
the mark ( ' ) used before or after the letter ‘s’ to show that sth belongs to sb, as in Sam's watch and the horses' tails - 撇号；复数符号
the mark ( ' ) used before the letter ‘s’ to show the plural of a letter or number, as in How many 3's are there in 9? and There are two m's in ‘comma’.
柯林斯词典
- 撇号，省字号，所有格符号（符号为’）
Anapostropheis the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
英英释义
noun
- the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
- address to an absent or imaginary person
双语例句
- They're too farting busy sneering at a greengrocer's less than perfect use of the apostrophe.
他们一天到晚忙着对杂货店招牌上错加的逗号嗤之以鼻。 - Shoppers passing by don't think: I'm not going to buy them because the apostrophe is misplaced.
路过的购物者不会这样想：我不会去买他的东西，因为那一撇放错了位置。 - To create an actual apostrophe, put two single quote marks side-by-side('') to produce one quote mark in your output.
要创建实际的省略号，将两个单引号并排放在一起（‘’），从而在输出中生成一个引号。 - 'It's' ( with an apostrophe) should be used only as a contraction for 'it is'.
it's（带撇号）只能用作itis的缩约形式。 - Each of these corporate giants has adopted a trend to "simplify" its corporate logo by dropping the apostrophe.
但这几家企业龙头近来都顺应潮流，把撇号拿掉，以求「简化」企业商标。 - As to an abstract and inanimate entity, apostrophe can personify them and make the images of poetry vivid and charming.
与动物或抽象概念对话时，能赋予诗人要诉说的对象以人的特征，使得诗歌意象生动活泼，增添艺术魅力。 - There should be an apostrophe here, and look, you've missed out the word 'men' altogether!
这里应该有一个撇号，还有你看，你把men这个单词整个儿漏掉了！ - There should be no apostrophe because what you mean is that the decision belongs to the group.
无撇号的情况下是因为你所指的决定属于这个团体。 - I put that word on the page, but he added the apostrophe.
我在纸上放了一个词，但他加了那一撇。 - He said that people should stop worrying about "text message speak" creeping into general usage and called for the apostrophe to be abolished.
他说，人们无需担心“短信用语”渗透进日常用语之中，他甚至呼吁废除英语中的所有格符号。