ellipsis

noun
🔊/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/
🔊/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/
(plural ellipses
🔊/ɪˈlɪpsiːz/
🔊/ɪˈlɪpsiːz/
)
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. (grammar语法) the act of leaving out a word or words from a sentence deliberately, when the meaning can be understood without them(词在句子中的)省略Topics Languagec1
  2. three small marks (…) used to show that a word or words have been left out省略号Topics Languagec1
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein ‘leave out’.