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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. AIDS is an acronym for "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
AIDS是“獲得性免疫缺損綜合癥“的首字母縮略詞。
來自辭典例句
2. The determent policy has been dubbed MAD, an appropriate acronym which stands for mutual assured destruction.
核禁政策稱為MAD, 很貼切,是表示保證互相毀滅的縮合字.
來自辭典例句
3. That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.