| 釋義 |
apostrophe1 /a'postrafi; a'pastrafi/ n the sign, used to show omission of letter(s) or number(s), (as in can't, I'm, '05, for cannot, I am, 1905), for the possessive (as in boy's, boys'), and for the plurals of letters (as in There are two l's in 'Bell'). 符號(’)：用作省略號(表示字母或數(shù)字之省略，如 can't = cannot, I'm = I am, 05 = 1905), 或用作所有格符號(如boy's, boys'), 或用于構(gòu)成字母的復(fù)數(shù)形(如 Bell 中有兩個 l 字母，以 two l's 表示之)?！?App 3. 參看附錄九。 |