Even though these are two different words, the hyphen makes it one word.

即使它们是两个不同的词，连字符使之成为一个单词。

'Ultra' is added to adjectives, using a hyphen but not always.

ultra 被在形容词，会使用连字符，但并不一定总是这样。

If you have used bullets, replace them with hyphens.

如果你用了项目符号，把它们换成连字符。

And we usually write this with a hyphen between 'quick' and 'fire'.

我们常会在“quick”和“fire”之连字符。

So a word like open-minded is joined together by a hyphen.

所以像 open-minded 这个用连字符连接的词。

A hyphen is needed when a unit of measurement acts as an adjective.

当度量单位作为形容词时，要连字符。

Sometimes it's written as one word with a hyphen between second and hand.

有时它会写成一个带连字符的单词，即在second和hand之连字符。

That's right, it has hyphens. Well done if you got those right.

是的，它是用连字符连接的。如果你都答对了就很棒哦。

Next week on Ask a Teacher, we will explore using hyphens to create compound nouns!

下周的《名师答疑》，我们将探索如何使用连字符创造复合名词！

In this week's program, we will explain how to use hyphens to make compound adjectives.

在本周的节目中，我们将解释如何使用连字符来构成复合形容词。

Notice that the noun form does not use a hyphen.

请注意这种名词形式不连字符。

In this week's program, we will learn some general rules for creating compound nouns with hyphens.

在本周的节目中，我们将学习用连字符构造复合名词的一些基本规则。

In last week's program, we talked about using hyphens to create a compound adjective.

在周的节目中，我们讨论了如何使用连字符来构造复合形容词。

No, hang on. Okay, one word, a letter and a number and... maybe a hyphen. 3D printer.

不，让我想想。好吧，一个词、一个字母、一个数字、以及一个连字号吧3D打印机。

Notice that both 15-foot and 10-foot come before the noun and there is a hyphen between the words.

请注意" 有15英尺高的" 和" 有10英尺高的" 都放在名词前，并且单词之有连字符。

You can say a three-week trip and here you don't need an s but you need a hyphen.

你可以说“三周的旅行”，这里你不需要 s，但是你需要连字符。

A hyphen is used to combine two or more words together.

连字符用于将两个或多个单词连接在一起。

In that situation, we would probably put a hyphen between the words to create kind of an adjective, right?

在这种情况下， 我们可能会在单词之连字符， 以形成一种形容词，对吧？

That's right. So you write a 'seventy hyphen second' lap. A 'six hyphen foot' man.

是的。所以你要写 seventy-second lap 或者 six-foot man。

Do not confuse a hyphen with a longer dash (–).

不要将连字符与较长的破折号（–）混淆。