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
This is the moment you've been waiting for.
你期待已久的时刻终于到来了。
If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.
不叨叨的母鸡不下蛋。
And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.