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apostrophe1/əˈpɒstrəfi/n. a punctuation mark used to indicate (标点符号)撇号，用于表示 : 1 the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. 例如 can't; he's; 1 Jan. '92) 省略字母或数字 2 the possessive case (e.g. 例如 Harry's book 亨利的书; boys' coats 男孩的外衣) 所有格 [French apostrophe or Late Latin apostrophus from Greek apostrophos ‘accent of elision’, from apostrephō ‘turn away’ (as APO-, strephō ‘turn’)] |