n. 缩写词, 缩写, 缩短, 节略

Abbreviation \Ab*bre`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F.
abbr['e]viation.]
1. The act of shortening, or reducing.

2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. --Tylor.

3. The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by
contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing
for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen.
for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.

4. (Mus.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note,
dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or
demi-semiquavers. --Moore.