资料来源 : pyDict
省略号省略,省略符号
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ellipsis \El*lip"sis\, n.; pl. {Ellipses}. [L., fr. Gr. ? a
leaving, defect, fr. ? to leave in fall short; ? in + ? to
leave. See {In}, and {Loan}, and cf. {Ellipse}.]
1. (Gram.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more
words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as,
the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.
2. (Geom.) An ellipse. [Obs.]
资料来源 : WordNet®
ellipsis
n : omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences [syn:
{eclipsis}]
[also: {ellipses} (pl)]