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This is how about sounds when people talk fast and drop the first little sound. You will hear it in songs and in very easy, friendly talk: How 'bout we eat? or It's 'bout time. It does the same jobs as about: it can mean “more or less” ('bout ten people) or “on the subject of” (talkin' 'bout you). Though actually, it is not a different word with a different meaning — it is only about in working clothes. You write the hole with an so readers can see a sound has gone. Keep it out of school essays and careful letters; there you still want about.
大約；關於（口語把 about 開頭吃掉）
組成A short form of about, with the first sound cut away (apheresis). about itself comes from old English words that meant “on the outside”.
同家族的字
- about'bout is about with the first sound dropped
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
'boutprep/baʊt/
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about.
- That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. I need a man like that.
- Every Christmas I get to thinkin' 'bout Santa's reindeers with their red noses. Man, that's wrong! He just uses them for their noses, like light bulbs or sumthin. It ain't right.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。