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

• 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。
• The CLP interprets any text string that is prefixed by a double hyphen (&) as a comment.
  CLP将前缀为两个连字符的所有文本字符串都解释为注释。
• Orthographically, a compound can be written as one word with or without a hyphen in between, or as two separate words.
  从正字法上看，一个复合词在拼写的时候中间可以带有也可以不带有连字符，或者写成两个单独分开的单词。
• In such words a hyphen is always used.
  在这样的单词中总是要使用连接号的。
• 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（-）。
• All options should begin with a "-"( hyphen).
  所有选项都应以“-”（连字符）开头。
• Historically, these were single character switches distinguished from other parameters by having a leading hyphen or minus sign.
  过去，这些参数是单个的字符开关，与其他参数的区别在于拥有一个前导的连字符或负号。
• The dash is longer than the hyphen.
  破折号比连字符稍长点。
• 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（/）。
• 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。