apostrophe
🇺🇸
/əˈpɑːstrəfi/
🇬🇧
/əˈpɒstrəfi/
noun
R
A punctuation mark (') used to show that letters or numbers are missing, like in 'she's' for 'she is'.
In the word 'can't', the apostrophe shows that the letter 'n' and 'o' are missing from 'cannot'.
在单词 'can't' 中，撇号表示字母 'n' 和 'o' 从 'cannot' 中省略了。
R
A punctuation mark (') used to show ownership, like in 'Sam's book' meaning the book belongs to Sam.
The apostrophe in 'the dog's toy' shows that the toy belongs to the dog.
'the dog's toy' 中的撇号表示玩具属于这只狗。
R
A punctuation mark (') used to make letters or numbers plural, like in 'mind your p's and q's'.
Use an apostrophe when writing 'the 1990's' to show it means the years from 1990 to 1999.
书写 'the 1990's' 时使用撇号表示1990年至1999年这段时间。
translation
省略号, 所有格符号, 复数符号
词形变化
Plural
apostrophes