apostrophe

名词 apostrophe:

1. address to an absent or imaginary person
2. the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word

apostrophe

n.（名词）
The superscript sign (`) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, and the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.
撇号：写在字上方的符号（`），用来表示从单词中省略一个或几个字母、所有格形式及数字、字母、缩写的复数形式

来源：
French
法语
from Late Latin apostrophus
源自 后期拉丁语 apostrophus
from Greek apostrophos
源自 希腊语 apostrophos
from apostrephein [to turn away]
源自 apostrephein [离开]
apo- [apo-]
apo- [前缀，表示.离开.]
strephein [to turn] * see streb(h)-
strephein [转] *参见 streb(h)-

【引伸】
ap.ostroph.ic

apostrophe
apostrophe 2

n.（名词）
The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.
呼语：直接称呼不在场或虚构的人物或称呼拟人的事物，尤指作为演讲或作文过程中的离题话

来源：
Late Latin apostrophô
后期拉丁语 apostrophô
from Greek
源自 希腊语
from apostrephein [to turn away] * see apostrophe
源自 apostrephein [离开] *参见 apostrophe

【引伸】
ap.ostroph.ic