英语词汇“thesaurus_articles_to-be-the-abbreviation-for-something”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

词汇

thesaurus_articles_to-be-the-abbreviation-for-something

释义

to be the abbreviation for something

You can say that a group of letters is the/an abbreviation for something.

DST is the abbreviation for daylight saving time.

You can also say that a group of letters stands for something or is short for something.

GPS stands for "Global Positioning System".
Jo is short for Josephine.

You can also say that a word or phrase is abbreviated to something or is shortened to something. These two uses are less common.

The word "immunoglobulin" is often abbreviated to "Ig".
The word "propeller" is often shortened to "prop".

an abbreviation

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