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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- apocope
[ə 'pɑkəpɪ]
[ə 'pɔkəupɪ]
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noun
词尾(字母或音节)脱落(例:most转变为mos')
Collins English-English Dictionary
- apocope
[ə'pɑkəpɪ]
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n
omission of the final sound or sounds of a word
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[Etymology]
C16: via Late Latin from Greek apokope, from apokoptein to cut off
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