英语词典缩略词

本文记录在英语词典中经常使用到的缩略词的缩略形式和全称及其对应的内涵。参考了剑桥英语网站文件 KET Vocabulary List 。

缩略形式	全称
adj	adjective
adv	adverb
Am Eng	American English
art	article
Br Eng	British English
conj	conjunction
det	determiner
exclam	exclamation
int	interjection
n	noun
phr v	phrasal verb
pl	plural
prep	preposition
prep phr	prepositional phrase
pron	pronoun
sing	singular
v	verb

下文对上文一部分单词的内涵进行解释，借助 有道电子词典。

• adjective ： a word that describes a person or thing, for example big , red and clever in a big house , red wine and a clever idea 形容词
• adverb：a word that adds more information about place, time, manner, cause or degree to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or another adverb 副词
• conjunction ： a word that joins words, phrases or sentences, for example ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘or’ 连词， 连接词 （如and、but、or）
• determiner：a word such as the , some , my , etc. that comes before a noun to show how the noun is being used 限定词（置于名词前起限定作用，如the、some、my等）
• exclamation：a short sound, word or phrase spoken suddenly to express an emotion. Oh! , Look out! and Ow! are exclamations . 感叹；感叹语；感叹词
• interjection：a short sound, word or phrase spoken suddenly to express an emotion. Oh! , Look out! and Ow! are interjections . 感叹词；感叹语
• noun ：a word that refers to a person, (such as Ann or doctor ), a place (such as Paris or city ) or a thing, a quality or an activity (such as plant , sorrow or tennis ) 名词
• phrasal verb： a verb combined with an adverb or a preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning, for example go in for , win over and see to 短语动词；动词词组
• plural ：a form of a noun or verb that refers to more than one person or thing （名词或动词的）复数，复数形式
• preposition：a word or group of words, such as in , from , to , out of and on behalf of , used before a noun or pronoun to show place, position, time or method 介词
• prepositional phrase ：A prepositional phrase is a structure consisting of a preposition and its object. Examples are “on the table” and “by the sea.” 介词短语; 前置词短语
• pronoun ： a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, for example he , it , hers , me , them , etc. 代词（代替名词或名词词组的单词）
• singular ： a form of a noun or verb that refers to one person or thing 单数；单数形式
• verb： a word or group of words that expresses an action (such as eat ), an event (such as happen ) or a state (such as exist ) 动词