ellipsis
noun [countable, uncountable]- (
grammar )语法 the act of leaving out a word or words from a sentence deliberately, when the meaning can be understood without them Topics Languagec1(词在句子中的)省略 three small marks (…) used to show that a word or words have been left out Topics Languagec1省略号
Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein ‘leave out’.