動詞 hyphenate:

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

形容詞 hyphenated:

1. (of words) combined by means of a hyphen to form a unit

1. We did a computer search for all the hyphenated words.
   我們用電腦查找所有用連字符連接的詞。

hy.phen.at.ed

adj.（形容詞）
Having a hyphen:
有連字號連接：
例句：
a hyphenated adjective.
以連字號接的形容詞

Often Offensive Of or relating to naturalized citizens or their descendants or culture.
【常為無禮用語】 歸化者的：歸化的公民或是其后代子孫或是其文化的，或與其相關(guān)的

Naturalized immigrants to the United States and their descendants have sometimes been termedhyphenated Americans in reference to the tendency to hyphenate such ethnic compounds as Irish-American and Polish-American. This term has come under strong criticism as suggesting that those so designated are not as fully American as .unhyphenated. citizens, and it is best avoided in all but historical contexts.
歸化美國的移民及其后代子孫有時會以hyphenated Americans 的措詞稱呼，這與使用連字號的趨勢有關(guān)，例如像 Irish-American（愛爾蘭裔美國人） 和 Polish-American（波蘭裔美國人） 之類的種族復合字。這種詞匯遭到許多批評，指出這些被指定的名稱似乎并不如.unhyphenated（未用連字號）.的公民一般為完全的美國人，也因此應盡量避免于歷史文章之外使用此類字