acronym
美音:
[´ækrənım
]英音:
[´ækrənım
]n.只取首字母的缩写词
难易程度:
acronym为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:acronymic
词根
onym=name(名字)
acronym
/'ækrənɪm; `ækrənɪm/
n word formed from the initial letters of a group of words, eg UNESCO / ju:5neskEU; ju`nZsko/, ie United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 首字母缩略词(由一组词中各词的首字母组合而成的词, 如UNESCO是由United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization各词的首字母组成的词).
acronym
n[C]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: acr- 'beginning, end' (from Greek akr-, from akros; ACROBAT) + -onym (as in homonym)]
a word made up from the first letters of the name of something such as an organization. For example NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.