apostrophe
n
sign (') used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been omitted (as in can't for cannot, I'm for I am, '76 for 1976, etc), the possessive form of nouns (as in the boy's/boys' meaning of the boy/boys), and the plural of letters (as in There are two l's in `bell') 撇號(')(可作省字符, 用以表示字母或數字的省略, 如can't為cannot之略, I'm為I am之略, '76為1976之略; 亦可作名詞所有格符號, 如The boy's/boys'意為 of the boy/boys; 也可用以構成字母的復數形式, 如在 there are two l's in `bell' 一句中的bell一字有兩個 l). =>App 3 見附錄3.
apostrophe n (fml 文) passage in a public speech, poem, etc, addressed to a person (often dead or absent) or to a thing as if it were a person 呼語(在演說或詩歌等中對某人, 常為死者或不在場者, 或對擬人的事物所說的話).