| 单词 |
unhyphenated |
| 释义 |
unˈhyphenated, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not joined by a hyphen; not written with a hyphen.
1934in Webster. 1960Amer. Speech XXXV. 215 The authors seem to be unsure whether some forms occur as nicknames or as generic epithets... Some unhyphenated terms comprising two words have only the first capitalized. 1980Washington Post 25 Apr. (Weekend Section) 4 [Noel Hume's]..double barreled name goes unhyphenated because such things are regulated by law as well as custom in his native Britain.
2. Not employing a hyphenated term (such as French-Canadian) in describing one's political or cultural allegiance. Of such allegiance, etc.: not divided. Cf. hyphenated a. 2. N. Amer.
1970L. B. Pearson Words & Occasions 229, I am a Canadian who speaks English. There are millions [of others] who speak French... Others..have an ancestral language which they use. But we are all, or should be, Canadians—and unhyphenated with pride in our nation and its citizenship. 1973Saturday Night (Toronto) Oct. 17/2 Many Canadians..were interpreting his One Canada to be on a par with the call for unhyphenated Canadianism. 1981Washington Post 30 Jan. a15 Unhyphenated Democrats, at least those brave enough to acknowledge their political heritage, have a brand-new patron saint. |
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