apostrophe

noun

/əˈpɒstrəfi/

/əˈpɑːstrəfi/

the mark ( ’ ) used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out, as in she’s for she is and ’63 for 1963撇号；省字符Topics Languageb1
the mark ( ’ ) used before or after the letter ‘s’ to show that something belongs to somebody, as in Sam’s watch and the horses’ tails撇号；所有格符号
the mark ( ’ ) used before the letter ‘s’ to show the plural of a letter or number, as in How many 3’s are there in 9? and There are two m’s in ‘comma’.撇号；复数符号

词源mid 16th cent. (denoting the omission of one or more letters): via late Latin, from Greek apostrophos ‘accent of elision’ (showing a certain part of a word to be left out when pronouncing it), from apostrephein ‘turn away’, from apo ‘from’ + strephein ‘to turn’.

词汇	apostrophe
释义	apostrophe noun /əˈpɒstrəfi/ /əˈpɑːstrəfi/ the mark ( ’ ) used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out, as in she’s for she is and ’63 for 1963撇号；省字符Topics Languageb1 the mark ( ’ ) used before or after the letter ‘s’ to show that something belongs to somebody, as in Sam’s watch and the horses’ tails撇号；所有格符号 the mark ( ’ ) used before the letter ‘s’ to show the plural of a letter or number, as in How many 3’s are there in 9? and There are two m’s in ‘comma’.撇号；复数符号词源mid 16th cent. (denoting the omission of one or more letters): via late Latin, from Greek apostrophos ‘accent of elision’ (showing a certain part of a word to be left out when pronouncing it), from apostrephein ‘turn away’, from apo ‘from’ + strephein ‘to turn’.
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