| 词条 | List of English apocopations |
| 释义 |
This is a list of common apocopations in the English language. {{compact ToC|side=yes|top=yes|num=yes}}A
abdominal muscle (slang)[1] abalone abscess (slang)[2]
advantage (tennis)[3] advertisement[4]
advertisement[4]
[email] address[5]
administrator[6] administration[7]
aficionado{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}
agriculture (informal)[8]
aggravation or aggression[9]
agitational propaganda[10]
an alcoholic
ampere[11] amphetamine (as in "amped up"){{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} amplifier[11] amputation or amputee[12] ampoule[12] amplify{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}
application[13]
arcology{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}
Argentine, Argentinian
Someone with Asperger syndrome
automobile[14] automatic[15]
avatar B
benzedrine (slang)[16] benefits[17][18][19]
beverage (usu. alcoholic)
bisexual (slang)[20]
bicycle[21]
biology[22] biography (informal)[23]
Birkenstocks
business (informal)[24]
black operations
body (slang/informal)[25]
bookmaker[26]
brassiere[27]
bread and honey (money)
brother (slang)[28]
bronco[29]
Brontosaurus{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}
buddy (informal)[30]
budgerigar[31]
bunkum[32] C
Cabernet Sauvignon cabriolet
café
calorie (in combination, especially "lo-cal")
California Calcutta
camera camouflage
camouflage
Canada or Canadian (in combination)
captain
capitals
carbohydrates
cardiovascular training (aerobic exercise)
catalytic converter catamaran
chemistry
chemotherapy
Chevrolet
chimpanzee
cigarette
cisgender-heterosexual
civilization
civilian
civilian clothes (military slang)
clitoris
coeducational
cocaine
Coca-Cola
command communication (especially in combinations)
combination
Communist
confidence trick convention convict
condominium
congratulations
contact lenses
cooperative
corporation
credibility
cripple
crocodile
curiosity
cousin
cybernetic (especially in combination) D
decaffeinated
decalcomania
decision
decoration
details
defragment
delicatessen
delicious
Democrat
demonstration demolition
dermatologist dermatological
depicture
detoxification
dicotyledon
difference
digital
digital cable
dinosaur
disrespect
discotheque
doctor document
dormitory
Dubliner E
electronic e.g. email, efit, emeter etc
education
emotional
episode
epileptic fit
ex-(boyfriend, wife, etc.) exhibition war exercise
examination
executive
exposition F
fabrication fabulous
fanatic
federal
fracture
fragmentation grenade, also verb: to kill with such a grenade.
frankfurter
refrigerator G
ganja
gasoline
Gatling gun
gigabyte
Geneva[33]
gluteus maximus
go figure
governor government
graduate (or graduation, as in "grad night")
grandmother
guacamole
gymnasium H
hamster
hashish
hepatitis
heterosexual
high fidelity system
high resolution
hippopotamus
homosexual homogenized (milk)
hydroelectricity hydrotherapy hydrothermal hydroponic
hyperbole
hypodermic
hyperactive I
Incorporated
independence, independent independent music independent film
infinitely
information
infra dignitatem (beneath one's dignity) (borrowed from Latin)
intifada
introduction
ipecacuanha
Italian (offensive) J
Japanese (considered rude)
German (offensive, historical) K
kilogram
kleptomaniac L
laboratory (cap.) Labrador retriever
lavatory
legitimate
lesbian
liberal liberation library (computer science) (cap.) Libertarian
Liberal-Labour (UK)
limousine
linoleum Linotype machine
literature
literary criticism
low-calorie
logarithm M
macadam macaroni (with initial capital) Apple Macintosh McIntosh apple (or mack) mackintosh
macroinstruction
magazine magnet magnification magnesium alloy wheels magnum
Manchester United F.C.
Massachusetts
mathematics
matriculation[34]
maximum
mayonnaise
medication medic (with initial capital) Mediterranean (the sea or the surrounding area)
megabyte
memorandum
methamphetamine
methylated spirits
Mexican
mescaline
microphone
milligram mg
military millilitre
Minnesota
Mississippi
moderator modern modification modular modulo
monaural monochrome mononucleosis
monocotyledon
feature film (i.e. moving picture) N
naturally
negative
(photographic) negatives negative hits
neoconservative
neoliberal
Newfoundlander
A Japanese (derogatory, Nipponese)
nymphomaniac O
optical art[35] optical operation operator opportunity
"opposite the editorial (page)", possibly "Opinion-Editorial" page
orangutan P
Pakistani (pejorative)
Paleolithic diet
pantaloons[36]
paparazzi
pectoral muscle[37]
people (slang)[38]
Pekingese
Pennsylvania
perquisite
perpetrator (slang)[39]
pervert[40]
photograph (informal)[41]
photo(graphic) opportunity[42]
physical education (informal)[43]
pianoforte[44]
(motion) picture (slang)[45] (photographic) picture (slang)[45]
politician (informal)[46]
poliomyelitis[47]
polyamorous polyester[48] polyethylene[48] polygraph (U.S. government, as in "full scope poly")[49] polymer[50] polytechnic[51]
post-modern[52]
popular (informal)[53] popular music
pornography (slang)[54]
postgraduate
perambulator, a baby carriage
preferences
pregnant
preliminary (examination)
preparatory
president
professional
professor
promenade
promotion
propaganda propeller proposition property (especially in theater sense)
psychology
psychopath
publication public house
pullover
pulsating star
pyromaniac pyrotechnic Q
quadrangle (courtyard) quadruplet quadriceps muscles quadcopter (quad-engine helicopter)
quintuplet R
radian radiator radical (military) radio
radical feminist
radiotelegraphy
raspberry tart (fart; more commonly, the derisive sound made with the tongue and lips; a Bronx cheer)
raspberry
Rastafarian
Rebel (i.e., Confederate)
recreation (all capital) record
reconnaissance
referee reference
registration ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|r|ɛ|dʒ}}, of a motor vehicle) regulation {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɛ|ɡ}}
rehabilitation
repetition representative (with initial capital) Republican reputation
repossession repo man – repossession person
reserve (Indian or military) residence resolution
respiratory
retro-rocket retrospective
revolution (of a record, engine, etc.) reverend
rhinoceros
really
Rhodesian ridgeback Rhodesian Rhode Island red
a Rolls Royce
rucksack
rumbullion (obsolete)[55] S
sales representative
San Francisco
sergeant
sarcastic
Joe Satriani
saxophone
schizophrenic
Scottish Terrier
scrummage [https://www.etymonline.com/word/scrum] (now mostly used in rugby football)
Seattle-Tacoma
second secant
Semper Fidelis
significant (figures) signal (Internet) signature
simulation
sister
sophomore
social (in the context of social security number)
spatterdashes
specialist specification speculation
specifications spectacles
spermaceti spermatozoön
staphylococcus
statim (borrowed from Latin)
statistics
stenographer
stereophony
streptococcus
student
subaltern subeditor subsidiary sublieutenant submarine subordinate subscriber (especially as subs) subscription subsistence money (an advance payment) substitute subway
summarize
suspect
sushi
synchronization syncopation
synthesizer
syphilis T
tabulation
tangent
tarpaulin
taximeter cabriolet
technician technology
technology
teddy bear
teenager, teenage
television
terrible
tit for tat (hat)
obsolete togeman, from obsolete French togue, cloak, from Latin toga, garment
tradition(al)
transmission transsexual or transgender (slur/offensive) transistor radio (obsolete)
tranquilizer
transgender
trigonometry
Trotskyite
turpentine
tuxedo
two for one, two for the price of one
typographical error U
underwear
university
(unicameral) legislature (Nebraska, United States only) V
vegetate
vegetable vegetarian or vegan
veterinarian veteran W
West Highland Terrier
Wisconsin
women's liberation X
xoloitzcuintli Y
Yankee
Jew (Yiddisher; offensive) Z
zeppelin
Zinfandel
zincograph
zoological garden References1. ^ab – American Heritage Dictionary {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of English Apocopations}}2. ^ab – American Heritage Dictionary 3. ^ad – American Heritage Dictionary 4. ^1 ad – American Heritage Dictionary 5. ^dict – Acronym Finder 6. ^admin – Dictionary.com 7. ^admin – Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 8. ^ag – Dictionary.com 9. ^aggro – American Heritage Dictionary 10. ^agitprop – American Heritage Dictionary 11. ^1 amp – American Heritage Dictionary 12. ^1 amp – Dictionary.com 13. ^app – American Heritage Dictionary 14. ^auto – American Heritage Dictionary 15. ^auto – Dictionary.com 16. ^benny. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 17. ^12/22/97 BATTLE OF THE BENNIES 18. ^A few biotechs still beat the drum for bennies – San Francisco Business Times 19. ^Stanley Kurtz on Gay Marriage on National Review Online 20. ^bi. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 21. ^bike. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 22. ^bio – Definitions from Dictionary.com 23. ^bio. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 24. ^biz. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 25. ^bod – Definitions from Dictionary.com 26. ^bookie – Definitions from Dictionary.com 27. ^bra – Definitions from Dictionary.com 28. ^bro – Definitions from Dictionary.com 29. ^bronc – Definitions from Dictionary.com 30. ^bud – Definitions from Dictionary.com 31. ^budgie – Definitions from Dictionary.com 32. ^bunk – Definitions from Dictionary.com 33. ^gin 1. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2014 34. ^matric – Definitions from Dictionary.com 35. ^op – Definition by Merriam-Webster 36. ^pant 2. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 37. ^pec. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 38. ^peeps – Definition by Merriam-Webster 39. ^perp. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 40. ^perv – Definition by Merriam-Webster 41. ^photo. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 42. ^photo op – Definition by Merriam-Webster 43. ^phys ed. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 44. ^piano 1. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 45. ^1 pic. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 46. ^pol. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 47. ^polio. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 48. ^1 poly. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 49. ^CI poly – definition from Reference.com 50. ^poly – Definition by Merriam-Webster 51. ^poly – Definitions from Dictionary.com 52. ^po-mo – Definitions from Dictionary.com 53. ^pop 3. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 54. ^porn. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 55. ^rum – American Heritage Dictionary 1 : Lists of English words |
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