the sign (-) used to join words to indicate that they have a combined meaning or that they are linked in the grammar of a sentence (as in
连字号(-)(连接单词,表示其意义的结合,或在句中有语法联系[如 pick-me-up, rock-forming] ,表示单词于行末分行,或表示有缺省部分[如 short- and long-term] )。
another term for
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"early 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek