hyphen

英 [ˈhaɪfn]

美 [ˈhaɪfn]

n.  连字符

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

GRETEM8

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

• 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。
• In this environment, a login shell was differentiated from other shell instances ( such as those running a shell script) by name: The process name of each login shell was prefixed with a hyphen, as in-bash.
  在这种环境中，登录Shell和其他的Shell实例（比如那些运行Shell脚本的Shell）通过名字相互区别：每个登录Shell的进程名字都以一个连字符作为前缀，如-bash。
• 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。
• It contains the locale folders, which are lower cased, and a hyphen separates the language code from the optional country code.
  它包含locale文件夹，使用小写格式，并用连字符分隔语言代码和可选的国家代码。
• As an implementor of an XML processor, we might define a special date datatype that conforms to the format of day-month-year, but uses various separators, not just a hyphen (-).
  作为XML处理器的实现者，我们可以定义一个特殊的date数据类型，该类型遵循“日-月-年”的格式，也可以使用其他分隔符，不一定要使用连字符（-）。
• Select the word that contains the hyphen that you want to change.
  选择要更改其中的连字符的单词。
• You can break this down structure even further, marking the punctuation ( the period, comma, and hyphen) or breaking the zip code into two pieces.
  您可以进一步细化这个结构，标记标点（句点、逗号和短横线）或将邮政编码分为两部分。
• All options should begin with a "-"( hyphen).
  所有选项都应以“-”（连字符）开头。
• In such words a hyphen is always used.
  在这样的单词中总是要使用连接号的。