acronym

/ak-ruh-nim/US // ˈæk rə nɪm //UK // (ˈækrənɪm) //

缩略语,首字母缩写词,简称,首字母缩写

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps,OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- : a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately; an initialism.
- : an acrostic.

v.有主动词 verb

as inacrostic

Synonyms

Savvy shoppers love the acronym BOGO, because it means “buy one, get one” free.
Even the brand’s nam Avre—an acronym for “authentic, versatile, responsible, empowered”—embodies the brand’s platforms.
It really shows how specific and isolating all these acronyms can be.
Figuring out when an acronym is appropriate can be tricky, says Barnett.
A group of researchers in Australia, including a marine ecologist and a statistician, looked at almost 25 million scientific articles between 1950 and 2019, searching for trends in acronym use.
Bae,” for example, is a term of endearment that is either short for “baby” or an acronym for “before anyone else.
He used the Arab acronym for ISIS or ISIL, as the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” commonly is known.
Try not to laugh when you notice what the acronym for said foundation is.
RICO is the acronym for the Racketeer-influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
The acronym of the embodying League of the Common Fate is SOS.