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."
雙語例句
1. The dash is longer than the hyphen.
破折號比連字符稍長點.
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2. The following expressions match all lowercase letters and the hyphen.
下面的表達式匹配所有小寫字母和連字符.
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3. Those two words need to be connected a hyphen.
那兩個字要用連字符號連起來.
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4. Use a hyphen inside a character set to specify a range.
使用連字號內的字符集,以指定一個范圍.
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5. To divide or connect ( syllables, word elements , or names ) a hyphen.