abbreviate
abbreviate
ab.bre.vi.ate AHD[…-br¶“v¶-³t”] DJ[*6bri8vi87e!t] KK[*6brivi7et]
v.tr.（及物动词） ab.bre.vi.at.ed,ab.bre.vi.at.ing,ab.bre.vi.ates
1.To make shorter.See Synonyms atshorten
缩短参见shorten
2.To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.
缩略：将（单词或短语）缩到较短的形式来代表完整的形式
ORIGIN
1.Middle Englishabbreviaten
中古英语abbreviaten
2.from Late Latinabbrevi³re abbrevi³t-
源自 后期拉丁语abbrevi³re abbrevi³t-
3.ab- variant ofad- [ad-]
ab- ad-的变体 [ad-前缀，表朝向]
4.brevi³re [to shorten] frombrevis [short] * see mregh-u-
brevi³re [缩短] 源自brevis [短的] *参见 mregh-u-
DERIVATIVES
▪abbre“via”tor n.（名词）
