abbreviationEnglish → ChineseOxford English–Chineseabbreviation /BrE əbriːvɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n , AmE əˌbriviˈeɪʃ(ə)n / noun 1 [countable] (short form) 缩略形式; the article has an excessive number of abbreviations 这篇文章的缩略语太多 2 [uncountable] (process) 缩写