hyphen

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hy·phen /ˈhaɪfən/ ●●○ noun [countable]  SLAa short written or printed line (-) that joins words or syllables 连字符，连（字）号 → dash

Examples from the Corpus

hyphen• The 2 parameters should be separated by a comma or a hyphen.• Answer: a. Why: When creating an unusual adjective from other types of words, use a hyphen.• Besides we were never very sure whether there was a hyphen in the word co-ordination.• A hyphen is an acceptable alternative to a comma.• Until late 1995, she had gone by an Anglicized hyphen name and had been a lifelong Republican.• As you type, WordPerfect will automatically insert a soft hyphen where appropriate, without stopping for you to position the cursor.• Use the soft hyphen in words which would not be hyphenated if they fell in the middle of a line.Origin hyphen (1600-1700) Late Latin Greek, from hyph' hen “under one”

hy·phen nounChineseSyllable  

short or (-) joins written a line Corpus printed that

hyphen
hy‧phen /ˈhaɪfən/ noun [countable]a short written or printed line (-) that joins words or syllables ⇨ dash
     

THESAURUS

■ types of punctuation mark
   ▪ apostrophe the sign ' that is used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out, as in don’t, or used before ‘s’ to show that something belongs to someone or something, as in Mark’s dog
   ▪ brackets British English, parentheses AmE and BrE formal a pair of signs used for enclosing information that interrupts a sentence
   ▪ colon the sign : that is used to introduce an explanation, example, quotation etc
   ▪ semicolon the sign ; that is used to separate words in a list, or different parts of a sentence that can be understood separately
   ▪ comma the sign , that is used to separate things in a list, or between two clauses in a sentence
   ▪ hyphen the sign – that is used to join words or syllables
   ▪ dash the sign — that is used to separate two closely related parts of a sentence, especially in more informal English
   ▪ full stop British English, period American English the sign . that is used to mark the end of a sentence or the short form of a word
   ▪ exclamation mark British English, exclamation point American English the sign ! that is used after a sentence or word that expresses surprise, anger, or excitement
   ▪ question mark the sign ? that is used at the end of a question
   ▪ quotation marks (also inverted commas British English) a pair of signs ‘ and ’ that are put around words, especially to show that you are quoting what someone has said

hy·phenBrE /ˈhaɪfn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaɪfn/ 🔊 nounthe 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 连字符  ➡  compare dash noun (4)