名詞 apostrophe:

1. address to an absent or imaginary person
2. the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word

apostrophe

n.（名詞）
The superscript sign (`) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, and the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.
撇號：寫在字上方的符號（`），用來表示從單詞中省略一個(gè)或幾個(gè)字母、所有格形式及數(shù)字、字母、縮寫的復(fù)數(shù)形式

來源：
French
法語
from Late Latin apostrophus
源自 后期拉丁語 apostrophus
from Greek apostrophos
源自 希臘語 apostrophos
from apostrephein [to turn away]
源自 apostrephein [離開]
apo- [apo-]
apo- [前綴，表示.離開.]
strephein [to turn] * see streb(h)-
strephein [轉(zhuǎn)] *參見 streb(h)-

【引伸】
ap.ostroph.ic

apostrophe
apostrophe 2

n.（名詞）
The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.
呼語：直接稱呼不在場或虛構(gòu)的人物或稱呼擬人的事物，尤指作為演講或作文過程中的離題話

來源：
Late Latin apostrophô
后期拉丁語 apostrophô
from Greek
源自 希臘語
from apostrephein [to turn away] * see apostrophe
源自 apostrephein [離開] *參見 apostrophe

【引伸】
ap.ostroph.ic