| 释义 |
abbreviation A shortened form of a word or phrase. P-phone, for example, is an abbreviation of Propri- etary phone. Acronyms, contractions, and initialisms are special forms of abbreviations comprising the initial letters or other parts of several words that constitute a term. See also acronym, contraction, and initialism. 74570c01.qxd 9/12/07 12:34 AM Page 18 |