hyphen

英 [ˈhaɪfn]

美 [ˈhaɪfn]

n.  连字符

复数：hyphens　过去式：hyphened　第三人称单数：hyphens　

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BNC.24827 / COCA.27394

牛津词典

noun

• 连字符
  the mark ( - ) used to join two words together to make a new one, as in back-up , or to show that a word has been divided between the end of one line and the beginning of the next

柯林斯词典

• 连字符;连字号
  Ahyphenis the punctuation sign used to join words together to make a compound, as in 'left-handed'. People also use a hyphen to show that the rest of a word is on the next line.

英英释义

noun

• a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
  Synonym:dash

verb

• divide or connect with a hyphen
  1. hyphenate these words and names
  Synonym:hyphenate

双语例句

• ( of words) combined by means of a hyphen to form a unit.
  （关于词语）用连字符的方法组合的。
• You might also see variations that use a hyphen between the language and country code, or that put the country code is in lowercase.
  也有可能看见在语言和国家代码之间使用连字元，或者把国家代码写成小写形式的变体。
• Discretionary hyphen: Hyphen inserted by keyboard and which overrides the hyphenation program in use.
  决断式连字：用键盘加上连字号的情况，它可以取代连字程式所用的连字法。
• They also may use both names without the hyphen, using their family name as a middle name.
  这些姓之间也可不用连字符，而是把娘家姓当作中间名。
• Select the Text format for number entries that might include special characters, such as hyphen in phone numbers or postal codes.
  为可能含有特殊字符（如电话号码或邮政编码中的连字符）的数字项选择文本格式。
• A single hyphen (-) as a parameter means to change to the previous working directory.
  将一个连字符（-）作为参数意味着切换到前一个工作目录。
• The dash is longer than the hyphen.
  破折号比连字符稍长点。
• This is actually three bits of information, joined together by a double hyphen.
  这实际上是用双划线组成的三块信息。
• We want separator to be one of three values: period (.), hyphen (-), or slash (/).
  我们希望分隔符是以下3种值之一：句点（.）、连字符（-）或斜杠（/）。
• This is converted to a single hyphen when you want to use the probe during tracing.
  在跟踪期间希望使用探测时，把双下划线改为单一连字符。