elision
n
(a) [U] leaving out of the sound of part of a word in pronunciation, as in we'll, don't and let's 读音时省略一字的部分读音(如we'll、 don't、 let's).
(b) [C] instance of this 省略部分读音. Cf 参看 elide.
🗣️ 情景例句
Speaking of mother and of father
谈到孩子的爸, 孩子的妈,
Randy was furious about the nasty letter.
兰迪为这封下流的信而勃然大怒。
There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation.