obt
obt — 縮寫
1. a short written form of 'obedient', used in old formal letters right before a cl
順從的
書信結尾敬語縮寫
a short written form of 'obedient', used in old formal letters right before a closing phrase that shows respect toward the person receiving the letter
Colonel Ashford closed his letter with 'Your obt. servant' and sealed it with red wax.
Ashford 上校以『Your obt. servant』作為信尾，然後用紅蠟密封信封。
phrase: 'Your obt. servant' in historical letter closings
In the 1800s clerks signed business letters 'Your obt. humble servant' before their names.
在十九世紀，職員常在商業信件末尾署名前寫上『Your obt. humble servant』。
common pattern: 'Your obt. [adjective] servant'
The museum's archive contains a letter from 1892 signed 'Your obt. daughter, Margaret.'
博物館的檔案中有一封 1892 年的信，署名為『Your obt. daughter，Margaret』。
Shirin found an old letter in the attic signed 'Your most obt. friend, J. Pembroke.'
Shirin 在閣樓找到一封舊信，署名為『Your most obt. friend，J. Pembroke』。
Historians recognise 'obt.' in Victorian correspondence as short for 'obedient' in polite closings.
歷史學家認得維多利亞時期信件中的『obt.』是表示順從的『obedient』一詞的縮寫。
- obedient
the full form that 'obt.' abbreviates; used in the same historical closing formulas
文法句型
obt. + servant / humble servant
用法筆記
This abbreviation appears almost exclusively in historical or formal written correspondence before the 20th century. Modern English no longer uses it.
常見錯誤
2. a Latin abbreviation for 'obit' (meaning he or she died), written before a date
逝世
拉丁文死亡記錄縮寫
a Latin abbreviation for 'obit' (meaning he or she died), written before a date of death in old church records, gravestones, or obituaries
The gravestone read 'John H. Graves, obt. 14 March 1847, aged 72 years.'
墓碑上刻著『John H. Graves，obt. 1847年3月14日，享壽72歲』，其中的「obt.」代表逝世日期。
pattern: 'obt. + [date]' on gravestones
Genealogists searching parish records found 'obt.' written before each burial date in the 1700s.
研究族譜的人在搜尋教區記錄時，發現十八世紀每個埋葬日期前都寫著『obt.』。
The old church register listed 'Elias Ward, obt. 3 January 1821, buried in the churchyard.'
舊教堂登記簿上記載著『Elias Ward，obt. 1821年1月3日，葬於教堂墓園』。
Adaeze found the abbreviation 'obt.' next to several names while reading 19th-century death records.
Adaeze 在閱讀十九世紀死亡記錄時，發現好幾個名字旁邊有『obt.』這個縮寫。
Greta translated Latin records where each entry listed a name then 'obt.' and a date.
Greta 翻譯拉丁文記錄時，每一筆都先列出人名，接著是『obt.』和日期。
文法句型
obt. + [date]
用法筆記
The abbreviation comes from Latin 'obit' (third-person singular perfect of 'obire', literally 'to go to meet', used euphemistically for 'to die'). It is most commonly found in British parish registers from the 16th to 19th centuries.