A short written form of 'university', used in the names of American universities: Indiana U., Ohio State U., Boston U. You see it in newspaper headlines, in sports writing, on college merchandise, and in casual writing where space is tight — it is not formal, and a university would not use it on an official document.

of 'university'「university」的 A short written form書面縮寫， used in the names of American universities用在美國大學的校名裡： Indiana U.印第安納大學、 Ohio State U.俄亥俄州立大學、 Boston U.波士頓大學。 You see it你會在 in newspaper headlines報紙標題、 in sports writing體育報導、 on college merchandise大學周邊商品上， and where space is tight和空間很擠的 in casual writing隨性書寫裡看到它—— it它 is not formal不正式， a university大學自己 on an official document在正式文件上 would not use it是不會用它的。

Note where it sits: it comes after the place name in this American style (Indiana U.), while the full name is 'Indiana University'. In British writing this abbreviation is rare.

where it sits它的位置 Note要注意： in this American style在這種美式寫法裡 it它 comes after放在 the place name地名後面 (Indiana U.)， while而 the full name全名 is是 'Indiana University'。 In British writing在英式書寫裡 this abbreviation這個縮寫 is rare很少見。

There is a separate, related use in American speech: students call their own campus 'the U' (no full stop), meaning 'our university' — 'She's studying at the U.' Careful, though: this letter stands for many other things in other contexts (uranium, the German U-Bahn, and in old British talk 'U' meant upper-class speech), so let the sentence tell you which one you have.

in American speech美式口語裡 There is有 a separate, related use一個獨立但相關的用法： students學生 call their own campus把自己的學校叫 'the U' (no full stop不加句點)， meaning意思是 'our university'「我們大學」—— 'She's studying at the U.'「她在我們大學唸書」。 Careful, though不過要小心： in other contexts在別的場合 this letter這個字母 stands for many other things代表很多別的東西 (uranium鈾、 the German U-Bahn德國的 U-Bahn， and in old British talk而在老派英國話裡 'U' meant指 upper-class speech上流階層的說話方式)， so let the sentence tell you所以讓句子告訴你 which one you have你碰到的是哪一個。