syncope
n
1 [U, C] (medical 医) brief loss of consciousness; faint(ing) 晕厥.
2 [U] (linguistics 语言) shortening of a word by omitting one or more letters or syllables in the middle, eg `bosun' for `boatswain' 词中省音, 央字失落, 央音失落(省略词中的字母或音节, 如将 boatswain 略为 bosun).
🗣️ 情景例句
Of easy wind and downy flake.
徐风掠过和细雪纷飞。
She changed into old clothes for the sake of comfort.
为了舒适,她换上了旧衣服。
The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated and organized for the matter in hand.