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。

Don't hit me with that hyphen bullshit.

别跟我咬文嚼字的。

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。

This hyphen joins these two words and so they count as one word.

连字符把这两个词连接起来，所以它们算作一个词。

And that's the adjective last plus the noun minute, joined with a hyphen.

就是形容词 last 上名词 minute，中间一个连字符。

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。

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。

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

使它们是两个不同的词，连字符使之成为一个单词。

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。

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。

Hyphens are those little signs — like dashes — that we use in writing to join two words together.

连字符是我们在写作中用来连接两个单词的小符号，就像破折号一样。

And the rule is: always use hyphens in numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.

数字21到99之间要使用连字符。

But there are many compound words that are not spelled as one word, but that are spelled with a hyphen.

但是也有很多复合词不会写成一个字，而是在其间一个连字符。

Yes, please. My name is Alison Radd-Clarke; R-A-double D, hyphen, Clarke with E at the end. Have you got it?

是的，谢谢。我的名字是艾莉森·罗德克拉克，拼法是R-A 后面两个D，中间是连字号，克拉克最后有个E。记下了吗？

Lot of hyphens in that last one.

后面的词都有连字符。

And low-fat. A low-fat yoghurt. And if you're writing, don't forget — join the 2 parts together with a hyphen.

还有 low-fat。低脂酸奶。如果你正在写，请不要忘记——将两个部分用连字符连起来。

The actual desk we use to do hot-desking is called a 'hot desk' — without the hyphen between the two words.

办公桌轮用制中使用的桌子被称为公用办公桌，这两个词之间没有连字符号。

Notice that the noun form does not use a hyphen.

请注意这种名词形式不连字符。

No, we don't. So in phrases like a carefully written letter we don't use hyphens.

是的。所以像 a carefully written letter（一封精心写的信）这样的短语，我们不能使用连字符。

But notice that we have the hyphens, so technically, this is like one word, but we still have an acronym for it.Year-to-date.

但是请注意，我们使用了连字符，所以严格来说，这就像是一个词，但它依然有缩略词，是YTD。