- [countable] abbreviation (of/for something)
a short form of a word, etc. 略語;縮寫詞;縮寫形式 Extra ExamplesTopics Languageb1AC is the standard abbreviation for ‘air conditioning’. AC 是 air conditioning (空氣調節系統)的標準縮寫詞。 Abbreviations are used in the text to save space. 爲節省空間,文中使用了縮寫詞。 Ad lib is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase ‘ad libitum’. ad lib 是拉丁語短語ad libitum 的縮寫。 The abbreviation PC stands for ‘personal computer’. PC 是personal computer 的縮寫。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- standard
- use
- stand for
- abbreviation for
- abbreviation of
- [uncountable]
the process of abbreviating something 縮略;縮寫