| 释义 |
hyphenize, v.|ˈhaɪfənaɪz|
[f. hyphen n. + -ize.]
trans. = hyphen v.
1869South. Rev. July 59 A flood of absurdities, many of which are badly hyphenised elongations of existing vocables. 1879Daily News 20 Nov. 4/6 The reconciliation of Austria and Hungary, and the predominance of the latter in a hyphenized monarchy.
Hence hypheniˈzation, the action of joining or writing with a hyphen.
1851N. & Q. 1st Ser. IV. 204/1 A neglect of mental hyphenization often leads to mistake as to an author's meaning. 1894Sunday Sch. Times (Philad.) 3 Feb., No two writers, probably, would agree as to the hyphenization of any fifty words taken at random. |