a·pos·tro·phe

noun

/əˈpɒstrəfi/

/əˈpɑːstrəfi/

the mark ( ’ ) used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out, as in she’s for she is and ’63 for 1963撇号；省字符Topics Languageb1
the mark ( ’ ) used before or after the letter ‘s’ to show that something belongs to somebody, as in Sam’s watch and the horses’ tails撇号；所有格符号
the mark ( ’ ) used before the letter ‘s’ to show the plural of a letter or number, as in How many 3’s are there in 9? and There are two m’s in ‘comma’.撇号；复数符号

Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting the omission of one or more letters): via late Latin, from Greek apostrophos ‘accent of elision’ (showing a certain part of a word to be left out when pronouncing it), from apostrephein ‘turn away’, from apo ‘from’ + strephein ‘to turn’.

单词	apostrophe
释义	a·pos·tro·phe noun /əˈpɒstrəfi/ /əˈpɑːstrəfi/ the mark ( ’ ) used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out, as in she’s for she is and ’63 for 1963撇号；省字符Topics Languageb1 the mark ( ’ ) used before or after the letter ‘s’ to show that something belongs to somebody, as in Sam’s watch and the horses’ tails撇号；所有格符号 the mark ( ’ ) used before the letter ‘s’ to show the plural of a letter or number, as in How many 3’s are there in 9? and There are two m’s in ‘comma’.撇号；复数符号 Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting the omission of one or more letters): via late Latin, from Greek apostrophos ‘accent of elision’ (showing a certain part of a word to be left out when pronouncing it), from apostrephein ‘turn away’, from apo ‘from’ + strephein ‘to turn’.
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