Omnibus has given way to its shortened form bus. This is the exa

Omnibus has given way to its shortened form bus. This is the example of_______ in word formation.
A、acronymy
B、clipping
C、compounding
D、conversion
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：考查word formation 各种形式的特点，题干中的例子是截掉单词开头部分，因此是clipping 的方式，因此答案选B。