(noun.) the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word.
(noun.) address to an absent or imaginary person.
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双语例句
I have never seen two men look more oddly at one another than Mr. Jaggers and Wemmick did after this apostrophe. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Both being finished, he shook himself into a sitting attitude; and with the concluding serious apostrophe, 'Hold, then! 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
What, said Mr. Cruncher, varying his apostrophe after missing his mark--what are you up to, Aggerawayter? 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
With this apostrophe Mr Fledgeby appropriately proceeded to divest himself of his Turkish garments, and invest himself with Christian attire. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
As he arrived at this apostrophe, he again rolled upon the door-step, and laughed louder than before. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.