abbreviate

音标:[ә'bri:vieit]
vt. 缩写, 使...简略, 缩短
vi. 使用缩写词
英汉词典
abbreviate的短语、例句:
abbreviate v[Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (to sth) shorten (a word, phrase, etc), esp by omitting letters 缩短(字, 词组等, 尤指省略字母); 缩写
In writing, the title `Doctor´ is abbreviated to `Dr´. 在书写时, Doctor头衔的缩写是Dr.
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