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缩短词(Clipping)也称截短词。它与首字母缩略词不一样,不是由几个词组成的术语中各取开首的一或两个字母组合而成,而是由一个较长的词缩短而成。缩短的方式主要有: (1)去尾留头:lab=laboratory 实验室 loco=locomotive 机车 photo=photograph 照片 (2)去头留尾:phone=telephone 电话 quake=earthquake 地震 (3)去中间留头尾: maths=mathematics 数学 quanty=quantity 数量 electy=electricity 电 (4)去元音字母:cct=circuit 电路(亦有写成
Clipping is also called truncation. It is not the same as an acronym. It is not a combination of one or two letters that start with a few words but is shortened by a longer one. The main methods of shortening are: (1) To stay at the end of the stay: lab=laboratory laboratory loco=locomotive locomotive photo=photograph photo(2) go-to-tail retention: phone=telephone call quake=earthquake earthquake (3) go to the middle to stay Tail: maths=mathematics math quanty=quantity quantity electy=electricity electricity(4) go vowels: cct=circuit circuit (also written