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

• 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。
• 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。
• Anything after a hyphen is considered the Debian revision number.
  连字符后的任何内容都被看作是Debian修订号。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( 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。
• 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（-）。
• 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。
• 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。
• To remove a hyphen from a word, select the hyphen, and then press delete.
  若要删除某一单词中的连字符，请选择该连字符，然后按delete。