hyphenate

/verb hahy-fuh-neyt; adjective, noun hahy-fuh-nit, -neyt/US // verb ˈhaɪ fəˌneɪt; adjective, noun ˈhaɪ fə nɪt, -ˌneɪt //UK // (ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt) //

连字符,连词,连字符的,连体

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

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hy·phen·at·ed, hy·phen·at·ing.
- : to join by a hyphen.
- : to write or divide with a hyphen.

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : of or relating to something of distinct form or origin that has been joined; connected by a hyphen.

n.名词 noun

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- : Informal. a person working or excelling in more than one craft or occupation: He's a film-industry hyphenate, usually listed as a writer-director-producer.

Rihanna is the poster child for the millennial multi-hyphenate.
For the contemporary sports superstar as multi-hyphenate, Jordan is the blueprint and he’s set the bar high.
Unlike Gibson, Tom Cruise is not a multi-hyphenate who can retreat behind the camera.
Index entries tend to not hyphenate words that are unhyphenated in the text.
Frequently the printer made an mistake and forgot to hyphenate all or part of a word.
Hyphenate compounds of great in phrases indicating degrees of descent; great-grandmother, great-great-grandfather.
Hyphenate compounds of life and world; life-history, world-influence, but (by exception) lifetime.
Hyphenate compounds of master; master-builder, master-stroke, but (by exception) masterpiece.