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🇺🇸 /ˈpleɪshəʊldər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpleɪshəʊldə(r)/
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noun
R

A temporary stand-in for something that is missing or to be added later.

The teacher asked students to use the word 'cat' as a placeholder for the animal they wanted to describe.

老师要求学生用单词“猫”作为他们想要描述的动物的占位符。

R

A word or phrase in a sentence that is necessary for grammatical structure but does not carry meaning.

In the sentence 'It is raining,' 'it' is a placeholder with no specific meaning.

在句子“正在下雨”中,“它”是一个没有特定含义的占位符。

translation

n. 占位符, 占位词

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Plural placeholders