abbreviate
verb [usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they abbreviate | |
| he / she / it abbreviates | |
| past simple abbreviated | |
| past participle abbreviated | |
| -ing form abbreviating |
to make a word, phrase, name or text shorter, especially by leaving out letters or using only the first letter of each word 缩略；把（词语、名称）缩写（成…） - (be) abbreviated (to something)
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (usually abbreviated to JPL) 喷气推进实验室（通常缩写成 JPL）
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin abbreviat- ‘shortened’, from the verb abbreviare, from Latin brevis ‘short’.- (be) abbreviated (to something)