hyphen英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

— As the proud owner of my very own hyphen in a lovingly crafted surname, I have an especial soft spot for this most confusing of punctuation marks.
Something which links two things of greater significance than itself. figuratively

— Cunliffe and Karunanayake (2013) developed Fine's notion to introduce potential hyphen spaces that are deeply implicated and reciprocally influential in relationships between researchers and the researched.
Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.; An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings. figuratively

— The hyphens were added, joining the structures into one building, which now measures just over two hundred feet long.
Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

— Tab has been kept on quite a number of members who rapturously applauded when that part of the message in which the hyphens were attacked was read by the President.

动词 v.

To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate. dated,transitive

连词 conj.

Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".

— You are sitting at the wrong table, if I may be so bold, among the misguided who believe in the mass murder of mentalities, otherwise known as the liberal arts hyphen vocational training hyphen education.

词形变化

hyphens plural hyphens present,singular,third-person hyphening participle,present hyphened participle,past hyphened past

词汇关系

衍生词

hyphenate hyphenated hyphenation hyphenator hyphenic hyphenism hyphenitis hyphenize hyphenless hyphen-minus mishyphen soft hyphen suspended hyphen unhyphenate work the hyphens

词源

词源 1

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑφέν (huphén, “together”), contracted from ὑφ’ ἕν (huph’ hén, “under one”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ἕν (hén, “one”), neuter of εἷς (heîs, “one”).

词源 2

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑφέν (huphén, “together”), contracted from ὑφ’ ἕν (huph’ hén, “under one”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ἕν (hén, “one”), neuter of εἷς (heîs, “one”).

词源 3

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑφέν (huphén, “together”), contracted from ὑφ’ ἕν (huph’ hén, “under one”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ἕν (hén, “one”), neuter of εἷς (heîs, “one”).