We borrow the word “portmanteau” from French.

我们从法语中借用了“portmanteau”这个词。

Where does the idea of portmanteaus come from?

混成词概念从何而来？

We will also learn about their history and find out some common portmanteaus in English.

我们还将了解它们，并找出一些常见英语混成词。

A portmanteau is a word made from shortening and combining two other words.

合成词是由另外两个词缩写和重组而形成词。

It's a portmanteau, or combination of two words -work and vacation.

这是个复合词，者两个词组合：工作和假期。

And you are absolutely correct. The answer is portmanteau words. Congratulations if you knew that.

你完全正确。答案是合成词。恭喜你早就知道答案。

In addition, many of the words added to the OED in recent years are portmanteaus.

此外，近年来《牛津英语词典》收录许多单词都是合成词。

These words are portmanteaus — words that are formed by combining parts of two separate words.

这些词都是混成词——由两个独立单词一部分组合而成单词。

In this week's Everyday Grammar, we will learn more about how portmanteaus are created.

在本周《每日语法》中，我们将学习更多关于混成词是如何产生内容。

“Internet” is also a portmanteau, which combines “interconnected” and “network.”

“互联网”也是混成词，由“互联”和“网络”组合而成。

But look here—take this portmanteau with you.

但是看这里——把这个 portmanteau 带在身边。

In his follow-up book Though the Looking Glass, Carroll wrote about the idea of portmanteaus.

在他后续著作《镜中奇遇》中，卡罗尔写了混成词概念。

We have British writer Lewis Carroll to thank for linking the word “portmanteau” to blend words in English.

我们要感谢英国作家刘易斯·卡罗尔，他把“portmanteau”一词与英语中混合词联系起来。

He shifted the position of his two portmanteaus, or placed them on the seat as if he was getting ready to leave.

不停挪动自己两只旅行箱位置，干脆将其放在座位上，似乎马上他就会离开。

Let's look at some common portmanteaus.

让我们来看一些常见混成词。

One portfolio in his portable portmanteau held the documents about the plan.

他轻便旅行皮箱里一个公文包里放着这个计划有关文件。

You brought your adoration and your portmanteau here together.

你把你崇拜和你混成词带到了这里。

This portmanteau means the age in between childhood and the teenage years, or around 10 to 12 years old.

这个混成词意思是童年和青少年之间年龄，者大约 10 到 12 岁。

Consider the rise of 'glocalization', a portmanteau of globalization and localization.

考虑一下“全球本地化”兴起，它是全球化和本地化混合体。

He took out of his portmanteau a framed picture, carefully wrapped up.

他从皮箱里拿出一张镶框照片，小心翼翼地包好。