连字符(hyphen)是一种连接符号,它表示两个或更多的词属于一个整体。现在对连字符的使用或多或少处于一种不明确状态。不同的词典、不同的作品中的同一个词内部,有的两个单词分开书写,有的用连字符,有的则不用,常常令人们莫衷一是,颇感头痛。就拿“头痛”一词来说,其英语拼写就有 head ache,head-ache 和 headache 三种。“校舍”的英语拼写也能见到三种形式:school house,school-house 和 schoolhouse. A hyphen is a connection symbol that indicates that two or more words belong to a whole. The use of hyphens is now more or less in an ambiguous state. In different dictionaries and different works, within the same word, some two words are written separately, some use hyphens, and others do not. Often, people are confused and have headaches. Take the word “headache” for example, its English spelling has head ache, head-ache and headache. The English spelling of the “schoolhouse” can also be seen in three forms: school house, school-house and schoolhouse.