ellipsis
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT In linguistics, ellipsis means leaving out words rather than repeating them unnecessarily; for example, saying "I want to go but I can't" instead of "I want to go but I can't go." (語言學(xué)中的)省略[技術(shù)]
2. N-UNCOUNT a sequence of three dots (…) indicating an omission in text 省略號[printing]
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ellipsis /??l?ps?s/
劍橋詞典
ellipsis noun (LANGUAGE)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a situation in which words are left out of a sentence but the sentence can still be understood
（在句中省去一些詞語而不影響句義理解的）省略
An example of ellipsis is "What percentage was left ?" "20." (= 20 percent ) 省略的一個例子是：“還賸下百分之幾？”“二十。”
ellipsis noun (PRINTED MARK)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]three dots in a printed text that show where one or more words have been intentionally left out
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