-like/laik/comb. formforming adjectives from nouns, meaning ‘similar to, characteristic of’ comb.form (doglike像狗似的;shell-like像贝壳似的;tortoise-like像乌龟似的)[构词成分] (与名词一起构成形容词)像…似的;具有…特点的■
Usage 用法说明
In formations intended as nonce-words, or not generally current, the hyphen should be used. It may be omitted when the first element is of one syllable, but nouns in -l always require it. 构成临时性的词,或非通用的词,需要用连字符。当第一部分是单音节时,连字符可以省去,但是以 -l 结尾的名词,连字号不可省。