1620s, from Late Latin hyphen, from Greek hyphen "mark joining two syllables or words," probably indicating how they were to be sung, noun use of an adverb meaning "together, in one," literally "under one," from hypo "under" (see sub-) + hen, neuter of heis "one."
双语例句
1. The dash is longer than the hyphen.
破折号比连字符稍长点.
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2. The following expressions match all lowercase letters and the hyphen.
下面的表达式匹配所有小写字母和连字符.
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3. Those two words need to be connected a hyphen.
那两个字要用连字符号连起来.
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4. Use a hyphen inside a character set to specify a range.
使用连字号内的字符集,以指定一个范围.
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5. To divide or connect ( syllables, word elements , or names ) a hyphen.