名詞 hyphen:

1. a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
   同義詞：dash

動詞 hyphen:

1. divide or connect with a hyphen
   同義詞：hyphenate

hy.phen

n.（名詞）
A punctuation mark ( - ) used between the parts of a compound word or name or between the syllables of a word, especially when divided at the end of a line of text.
連字號：用于一個合成詞的兩部分之間的或一個單詞的字節(jié)之間的一種標點符號，尤其是一行或一段結(jié)束時用
v.tr.（及物動詞）
hy.phened,hy.phen.ing,hy.phens
To hyphenate.
劃連字號

來源：
Late Latin
后期拉丁語
from Greek huphen [a sign indicating a compound or two words which are to be read as one]
源自 希臘語 huphen [一個暗示一個合成詞或兩個詞要讀成一個詞的記號]
from huph` hen [in one]
源自 huph` hen [在一個詞]
hupo [under] * see hypo-
hupo [在…之下] *參見 hypo-
hen [neuter of] heis [one] * see sem-
hen [] heis的中性 [一個] *參見 sem-