acronym

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AIDS is an acronym for "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
AIDS是“获得性免疫缺损综合症“的首字母缩略词。
AIDS is an acronym for " Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. "
艾滋病的全称是 “ 获得性免疫缺损综合征 ”.
ASDIC is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee.
“ASDIC”是“反潜艇侦查调查委员会”的缩写形式.
The determent policy has been dubbed MAD, an appropriate acronym which stands for mutual assured destruction.
核禁政策称为MAD, 很贴切,是表示保证互相毁灭的缩合字.
That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.
对于一项非常简单的技术来说,这是一个很绕口的缩写词.

an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word

An acronym is a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase, especially when this is used as a name. An example of an acronym is NATO which is made up of the first letters of the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization."