initials
首字母,首字母缩写,首写字母,缩写
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Definitions
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- : of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- : Phonetics. occurring at the beginning of a word or syllable, as the sound of kite, chasm, or quay.
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- : an initial letter, as of a word.
- : the first letter of a proper name.
- : a letter of extra size or an ornamental character used at the beginning of a chapter or other division of a book, manuscript, or the like.
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in·i·tialed, in·i·tial·ing or in·i·tialled, in·i·tial·ling.
- : to mark or sign with an initial or the initials of one's name, especially as a token of preliminary or informal approval.
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Examples
I finish a decent game, type my initials, and decide to call it quits.
Another time he altered the program so that the high score table would refuse to display the initials of one of his colleagues.
The woman is identified only by the initials J.W. in court papers from a subsequent federal civil-rights lawsuit.
On the Pont des Arts we buy a padlock engraved with our initials, T and E.
The other man who filed a suit on Nov. 27 has chosen to remain unidentified and filed his claim using only his initials.
I rubbed in the spot indicated, and out came the crest and initials exactly as Jack had described them.
To Lucy Warrender, who now heard of the matter for the first time, these initials were no enigma.
Her name and his initials were all that was written in the book; very carefully she cut out the entire page.
There was nothing in the pockets of the overcoat, but inside the hat he found pasted the initials L. P.
We might cite the initials of many more of those who found themselves, not without some mutual surprise, side by side in one room.