acronyms

英 [ˈækrənɪmz]

美 [ˈækrənɪmz]

n.  首字母缩略词(如Aids系由acquired immune deficiency syndrome的首字母组成)
acronym的复数

柯林斯词典

• （尤用作名称）首字母缩拼词，首字母缩略词
  Anacronymis a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase, especially when this is used as a name. An example of an acronym is NATO which is made up of the first letters of the 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization'.

双语例句

• The alphabet soup of abbreviations this generated was often as baffling as the products that the acronyms represented.
  因此而产生的缩写字母组合，往往与这些字母所代表的产品一样令人困惑。
• You know there are some things that you can use in a chat room, some wonderful acronyms.
  在聊天室里聊天你可以使用一些很有趣的缩略语。
• The entire package name should be lowercase, even for proper names and acronyms that are normally capitalized.
  整个包名称应该是小写的，即使该名称是在别处常采取大写形式的一些惯用名称和缩写词。
• I don't know all of the acronyms.
  我不太清楚那些缩略词。
• The overuse of English acronyms in Chinese has a strong negative impact on the purity of Chinese.
  英语缩略词在汉语中的过度使用对汉语纯洁性有很大的负面影响。
• If you thought health care didn't have enough acronyms, here is one more.
  如果你认为没有足够的医疗缩略语，这里是一个更加。
• It analyses the proper use of acronyms and their definitions, and the use of specialized terminology.
  它分析了首字母缩写和它们的定义的适当使用，及专业术语的使用。
• Choose a number of digital business card printing and membership card making and membership card before making the technical terms and acronyms, their meaning and translation.
  这里选择了一些数码制卡和会员卡制作和会员卡制作前制作技术名词和缩写词，介绍它们的译名和意义。
• One appendix interprets acronyms used in the book.
  附录解释了书中用到的缩写。
• When sending instant messages regarding work, keep slang and IM acronyms at bay and use proper English instead.
  使用即时通讯工具发送有关工作的信息时，不要使用俚语以及IM上的缩写，要用合适的英语。