Syncope
n. (词中)音省略, 中略\\n[医] 晕厥
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📖 牛津释义
syncope
n
1 [U, C] (medical 医) brief loss of consciousness; faint(ing) 晕厥.
2 [U] (linguistics 语言) shortening of a word by omitting one or more letters or syllables in the middle, eg `bosun' for `boatswain' 词中省音, 央字失落, 央音失落（省略词中的字母或音节, 如将 boatswain 略为 bosun）.
🗣️ 情景例句
She is giving me piano lessons in exchange for her English classes.
我教她英语，她教我弹钢琴。
I sometimes stay up till midnight.
我有时候熬到半夜。[一般现在时]
I'm reading a book.
我在读书。