- [countable] the first letter of a person’s first name(名字的)首字母
- ‘What initial is it, Mrs Owen?’ ‘It's J, J for Jane.’“首字母是什么,欧文太太?” “是 J,Jane 的 J。”
Extra Examples- When writing, if you use initials for a long name, make sure you spell out the name at least once.写作中如果用首字母代替一个较长的名字,文中至少应该把全名拼写一遍。
initials
[plural] the first letters of all the names of a person or thing(全名的)首字母- John Fitzgerald Kennedy was often known by his initials JFK.人们常以姓名的首字母 JFK 称约翰 · 菲茨杰拉德 · 肯尼迪。
- Just write your initials.写下你的姓名首字母即可。
Extra Examples- A stone over the door bears the initials ‘R.P.’, which stand for ‘Ralph Piggot’.门楣的石头上刻有R.P. 的字样,那是“拉尔夫·皮戈特”的首字母。
- He carved his girlfriend's initials in the rock.他把女朋友姓名的缩写刻在石头上。
- She's always been known by her initials.她一直以自己名字的首字母而为人所知。
- The two authors have the same initials.这两位作者姓名的首字母是一样的。
- Now that she was chief executive officer, she could put the initials CEO after her name.她现在当上了首席执行官,可以在自己名字后面缀上职务的首字母缩写 CEO 了。
- SC are the initials for Santa Catarina.SC 是圣卡塔里娜(Santa Catarina)的首字母。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + initial- have
- be known by
- become known by
- …
initial + verbprepositionSee full entry Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin initialis, from initium ‘beginning’, from inire ‘go in’, from in- ‘into’ + ire ‘go’.