apostrophe
英 [?'p?str?f?]
美 [?'pɑstr?fi]
助記提示
1. apo- "away" + stroph- + -e.
2. 其本義為：(the accent of) turning away.
3. 由此轉指：a mark showing where a letter has been omitted.
4. In English, the mark often represents loss of -e- in -es, possessive ending.
中文詞源
apostrophe 撇號前綴apo-, 從，從...離開。-strophe, 轉，同stir, 攪動。
英文詞源
- apostrophe
- apostrophe: [17] Apostrophe comes originally from the Greek phrase prosōidiā apóstrophos, literally ‘accent of turning away’, hence, a mark showing where a letter or sound has been omitted. Apóstrophos itself was derived from the compound verb apostréphein, formed from the prefix apo- ‘away’ and the verb stréphein ‘turn’ (related to the second element of catastrophe [16], whose Greek original meant literally ‘overturning’). English acquired the word via French and Latin.
=> catastrophe - apostrophe (n.)
- mark indicating omitted letter, 1580s, from Middle French apostrophe, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos (prosoidia) "(the accent of) turning away," thus, a mark showing where a letter has been omitted, from apostrephein "avert, turn away," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + strephein "to turn" (see strophe).
In English, the mark often represents loss of -e- in -es, possessive ending. It was being extended to all possessives, whether they ever had an -e- or not, by 18c. Greek also used this word for a "turning aside" of an orator in speech to address some individual, a sense first recorded in English 1530s.
雙語例句
- 1. "It's" (with an apostrophe) should be used only as a contraction for "it is".
- it's（帶撇號）只能用作itis的縮約形式。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There should be an apostrophe here, and look, you've missed out the word "men" altogether!
- 這里應該有一個撇號，還有你看，你把men這個單詞整個兒漏掉了！
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Answer these questions, using the words in parentheses. Put the apostrophe in the right place.
- 用句后括號中的詞或詞組來回答問題, 注意撇號的位置.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 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。
來自辭典例句
- 5. 'What ,'said Mr. Cruncher, varying his apostrophe after missing his mark --'what are you , up to, Aggerawayter?'
- “ 你又在玩什么花樣, ”克朗徹先生沒打中目標, 便改變了問候方式.“又找麻煩是不是? ”
來自英漢文學 - 雙城記