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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

缩写 [suōxiě]
  1. 1. noun abbreviation
    NATO 是英文 North Atlantic Treaty Organization 的缩写
    NATO is the abbreviation for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  2. 2. verb abridge

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

缩写 [suōxiě]
  1. 1. abbreviation
  2. 2. abridge

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

缩写 [suōxiě]
  1. 1. 用拼音文字把一些常用词语或专名用比较简便的写法标出。通常是截取原词语的一个或几个字母来表示。如USA是The United States of America的缩写
  2. 2. 把长篇文学作品改写成篇幅较短的
    缩写本。

Examples

NATO 是英文 North Atlantic Treaty Organization 的缩写
NATO is the abbreviation for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 缩写
CD is an {or} the abbreviation for compact disc
CD是compact disc的缩写 abbreviation

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