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'.
在單詞 'can't' 中，撇號表示字母 'n' 和 'o' 從 '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' 中的撇號表示玩具屬於這隻狗。
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.
書寫 'the 1990's' 時使用撇號表示1990年至1999年這段時間。
translation
省略號, 所有格符號, 複數符號
詞形變化
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apostrophes