abbreviate
verb
əˈbriːvieɪt
verb
1
to
make
a
word
or
expression
shorter
by
not
including
letters
or
using
only
the
first
letter
of
each
word
缩略，缩写;
be
abbreviated
to
sth
‘Information
technology’
is
usually
abbreviated
to
‘IT’.
information
technology
（信息技术）通常被缩略为 IT。