apostrophe

apostrophe

英 [ə'pɒstrəfɪ]
　　美 [ə'pɑstrəfi]

n. 省略符號，撇號；呼語，頓呼

中文詞源：

apostrophe 撇號

前綴apo-, 從，從...離開。-strophe, 轉，同stir, 攪動。

例句：

1. "It's" (with an apostrophe) should be used only as a contraction for "it is".
it's（帶撇號）隻能用作itis的縮約形式。

2. There should be an apostrophe here, and look, you've missed out the word "men" altogether!
這裡應該有一個撇號，還有你看，你把men這個單詞整個兒漏掉瞭！

3. Answer these questions, using the words in parentheses. Put the apostrophe in the right place.
用句後括號中的詞或詞組來回答問題, 註意撇號的位置.

4. When you contract a word or two words you need to add apostrophe .
當你要縮寫一個或者兩個詞時，你需要加上撇號。

5. 'What ,'said Mr. Cruncher, varying his apostrophe after missing his mark --'what are you , up to, Aggerawayter?'
“ 你又在玩什麼花樣, ”克朗徹先生沒打中目標, 便改變瞭問候方式.“又找麻煩是不是? ”