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apostrophe

/uh-pos-truh-fee/US // əˈpɒs trə fi //UK // (əˈpɒstrəfɪ) //

撇号,省略号,撇去,撇开不谈

Related Words

footnote脚注,脚印detour绕行,绕道,绕道而行,迂回excursus游记,摘录,游学,摘记divagation分裂,分化,分散,分歧difference差异,差别,区别,不同aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人note备注,注,注意,说明deviation偏差,偏离,偏离度,背离divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况variation变化,变异,变体,变奏divergency分流,紧急情况,分歧,紧急情况下diversion转移,分流,转用,转运tangent正切线,切线,正切,正切面departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生parenthesis小括号,括号内,圆括号,括号内的内容wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游deflection变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the sign, as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o'er for over, or pronounced, as in gov't for government; to indicate the possessive case, as in man's; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols, as in several M.D.'s, 3's.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as instream of consciousness
Synonyms
aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人association of ideas思想交流,思想联想,联想chain of thought思想链,思考链,思想连锁,思想连锁反应free association自由组合,自由协会,自由联合,自由结社inner monologue内心独白,内部独白,内心的独白,内心话interior monologue室内独白,内部独白,内心独白,室内独角戏mind mapping心智图法,心智图谱,思维导图,思维导图法train of thought思路,思维脉络,思绪,思维方式word painting字画,文字画,文字绘画,词画
as inirrelevancy
Synonyms
aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人deflection变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时detour绕行,绕道,绕道而行,迂回deviation偏差,偏离,偏离度,背离difference差异,差别,区别,不同divagation分裂,分化,分散,分歧divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况divergency分流,紧急情况,分歧,紧急情况下diversion转移,分流,转用,转运drifting漂移,漂泊,漂流,漂移的episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游excursus游记,摘录,游学,摘记footnote脚注,脚印incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生note备注,注,注意,说明parenthesis小括号,括号内,圆括号,括号内的内容tangent正切线,切线,正切,正切面variation变化,变异,变体,变奏wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人discursion辩论会,论述,讨论会,讨论obiter dictum顺口溜,附言,附带说明,附注rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的
as inparenthesis
Synonyms
aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人deflection变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时detour绕行,绕道,绕道而行,迂回deviation偏差,偏离,偏离度,背离difference差异,差别,区别,不同divagation分裂,分化,分散,分歧divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况divergency分流,紧急情况,分歧,紧急情况下diversion转移,分流,转用,转运drifting漂移,漂泊,漂流,漂移的episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游excursus游记,摘录,游学,摘记footnote脚注,脚印incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生note备注,注,注意,说明parenthesis小括号,括号内,圆括号,括号内的内容tangent正切线,切线,正切,正切面variation变化,变异,变体,变奏wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人discursion辩论会,论述,讨论会,讨论obiter dictum顺口溜,附言,附带说明,附注rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的
as indigression
Synonyms
detour绕行,绕道,绕道而行,迂回footnote脚注,脚印aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人deflection变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时difference差异,差别,区别,不同divagation分裂,分化,分散,分歧divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况diversion转移,分流,转用,转运drifting漂移,漂泊,漂流,漂移的episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游excursus游记,摘录,游学,摘记incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生note备注,注,注意,说明parenthesis小括号,括号内,圆括号,括号内的内容variation变化,变异,变体,变奏wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人discursion辩论会,论述,讨论会,讨论obiter dictum顺口溜,附言,附带说明,附注rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的
as infigure of speech
Synonyms
detour绕行,绕道,绕道而行,迂回footnote脚注,脚印aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人deflection变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时difference差异,差别,区别,不同divagation分裂,分化,分散,分歧divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况diversion转移,分流,转用,转运drifting漂移,漂泊,漂流,漂移的episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游excursus游记,摘录,游学,摘记incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生note备注,注,注意,说明parenthesis小括号,括号内,圆括号,括号内的内容variation变化,变异,变体,变奏wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人discursion辩论会,论述,讨论会,讨论obiter dictum顺口溜,附言,附带说明,附注rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的

Examples

  • Before you put in the order, send the wife a note explaining that you just realized that the apostrophe is in the wrong place and confirm that you, fortunately, caught it before it went to the printers.

  • Edging in, it took nearly a minute before I could see the fungus at the center of all the fuss, a tiny ocher apostrophe hovering above the wet underbrush.

  • Then, someone insisted that was wrong, so she taped over the “e” and added an apostrophe.

  • That means you can spell a word like S’MORES, which involves an apostrophe, for example.

  • Ruderman, citing family reasons, eventually returned, and Osberg, Larry Platt and his apostrophe were unceremoniously removed.

  • The no-apostrophe rule has been reaffirmed five times, yet punctuationists fight on.

  • Jennifer Runyon, one of the name committee's three staffers, says: "We don't debate the apostrophe."

  • Before she reached the house, Gouvernail had lighted a fresh cigar and ended his apostrophe to the night.

  • Apostrophe usage is not consistent in the text as in using both dont and dont.

  • In truth, there was good ground for his sorrowful apostrophe, for the scene was very painful to a high-minded witness.

  • It intentionally begins with an apostrophe, not an unmatched single quotation mark, and was left as originally printed.

  • S—A—R—, and so on, the thing ran, but the whole legend was complete before that apostrophe started into its place.

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