abbreviate

🇺🇸 /əˈbriːvieɪt/ 🇬🇧 /əˈbriːvieɪt/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP20000
verb
R

To make something shorter, like a word or a name, by removing some letters or using only the first letter of each word.

We often abbreviate 'doctor' to 'Dr.'

我們經常將'doctor'縮寫為'Dr.'

translation

v. 縮寫

詞形變化

3rd Present abbreviates
Past abbreviated
Perfect abbreviated
Progressive abbreviating