apostrophe [əˈpɑ:strəfi]

例句:

• "It's" (with an apostrophe) should be used only as a contraction for "it is".
  it's（带撇号）只能用作itis的缩约形式。
  来自柯林斯例句
• There should be an apostrophe here, and look, you've missed out the word "men" altogether!
  这里应该有一个撇号，还有你看，你把men这个单词整个儿漏掉了！
  来自柯林斯例句
• Answer these questions, using the words in parentheses. Put the apostrophe in the right place.
  用句后括号中的词或词组来回答问题, 注意撇号的位置.
  来自《简明英汉词典》
• When you contract a word or two words you need to add apostrophe .
  当你要缩写一个或者两个词时，你需要加上撇号。
  来自辞典例句
• 'What ,'said Mr. Cruncher, varying his apostrophe after missing his mark --'what are you , up to, Aggerawayter?'
  “ 你又在玩什么花样, ”克朗彻先生没打中目标, 便改变了问候方式.“又找麻烦是不是? ”
  来自英汉文学 - 双城记