• n. 省略符號(hào)，撇號(hào)；呼語(yǔ)，頓呼

前綴apo-, 從，從...離開(kāi)。-strophe, 轉(zhuǎn)，同stir, 攪動(dòng)。

apostrophe

apostrophe: [17] Apostrophe comes originally from the Greek phrase prosōidiā apóstrophos, literally ‘a(chǎn)ccent of turning away’, hence, a mark showing where a letter or sound has been omitted. Apóstrophos itself was derived from the compound verb apostréphein, formed from the prefix apo- ‘a(chǎn)way’ and the verb stréphein ‘turn’ (related to the second element of catastrophe [16], whose Greek original meant literally ‘overturning’). English acquired the word via French and Latin.
=> catastrophe

apostrophe (n.)

mark indicating omitted letter, 1580s, from Middle French apostrophe, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos (prosoidia) "(the accent of) turning away," thus, a mark showing where a letter has been omitted, from apostrephein "avert, turn away," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + strephein "to turn" (see strophe).

In English, the mark often represents loss of -e- in -es, possessive ending. It was being extended to all possessives, whether they ever had an -e- or not, by 18c. Greek also used this word for a "turning aside" of an orator in speech to address some individual, a sense first recorded in English 1530s.

1. "It's" (with an apostrophe) should be used only as a contraction for "it is".

it's（帶撇號(hào)）只能用作itis的縮約形式。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. There should be an apostrophe here, and look, you've missed out the word "men" altogether!

這里應(yīng)該有一個(gè)撇號(hào)，還有你看，你把men這個(gè)單詞整個(gè)兒漏掉了！

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Answer these questions, using the words in parentheses. Put the apostrophe in the right place.

用句后括號(hào)中的詞或詞組來(lái)回答問(wèn)題, 注意撇號(hào)的位置.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. When you contract a word or two words you need to add apostrophe .

當(dāng)你要縮寫(xiě)一個(gè)或者兩個(gè)詞時(shí)，你需要加上撇號(hào)。

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. 'What ,'said Mr. Cruncher, varying his apostrophe after missing his mark --'what are you , up to, Aggerawayter?'

“ 你又在玩什么花樣, ”克朗徹先生沒(méi)打中目標(biāo), 便改變了問(wèn)候方式.“又找麻煩是不是? ”

來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 雙城記