hyphen

• 用于连接单词或单词各部分的标点符号（-）；也用于在行末断开单词时表示连字符。

A punctuation mark (-) used to join words or parts of words, or to indicate a word break at the end of a line.

1. Punctuation markB1formal

   A short horizontal line (-) used to join words or parts of words.

   连字符

   • Use a hyphen in compound words like 'mother-in-law'.
   • The hyphen is often used to connect two adjectives before a noun.
   • Make sure to place a hyphen between the numbers in a date range.

• 动词，指用连字符连接或联结词语或音节，即加连字符或写成带连字符的形式。

A verb meaning to join or connect words or syllables with a hyphen.

1. Join with a hyphenB2formal

   To connect two words or parts of a word using a hyphen.

   用连字符连接

   • You should hyphenate the compound adjective 'well-known'.
   • The editor decided to hyphen the two words together.
   • In this style guide, we hyphen multi-word terms.

   同义词hyphenate

   反义词disjoindivideseparate