word formed from the first letters of a series of words, 1943, American English coinage from acro- + -onym "name" (abstracted from homonym; see name (n.)). But for cabalistic esoterica and acrostic poetry, the practice was practically non-existent before 20c. For distinction of usage (not maintained on this site), see initialism.
实用例句
1. AIDS is an acronym for "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
AIDS是“获得性免疫缺损综合症“的首字母缩略词。
来自辞典例句
2. The determent policy has been dubbed MAD, an appropriate acronym which stands for mutual assured destruction.
核禁政策称为MAD, 很贴切,是表示保证互相毁灭的缩合字.
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3. That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.
对于一项非常简单的技术来说,这是一个很绕口的缩写词.
来自互联网
4. This example demonstrates how to handle an abbreviationan acronym.
演示了怎么处理缩写和简称.
来自互联网
5. Use acronym searchers to discover additional meaning to a domain.