| 释义 |
hyphen/ˈhaif(ə)n/ n. & v.●n. the sign (-) used to join words semantically or syntactically (as in pick-me-up, rock-forming), to indicate the division of a word at the end of a line, or to indicate a missing or implied element (as in man- and womankind) 连字符号 (-) (用来连接词组，如 pick-me-up, rock-forming; 表示一个词在行末分成两处或表示失去的或隐含的成分，如在 man- and woman-kind 中) ●v. tr. 1 write (a compound word) with a hyphen 用连字符写(合成词) 2 join (words) with a hyphen 用连字符连接(词) [Late Latin from Greek huphen ‘together’, from hupo ‘under’ + hen ‘one’] |