用hyphen(连字符 “—”)可以连接两个词构成新词。
如 toughly-charactered (性格坚韧)
按照构词法,副词可以修饰分词,这里就用副词toughly修饰分词charactered,例句:He is toughly-charactered, endowed with swift thoughts and possessing a down-to-earth spirit.(他性格坚韧,拥有敏捷的思维和坚持到底的精神。)
再如 man-eater (食人者)
rubbish-maker(垃圾制造者)
这是名词相互修饰的例子,例句如下
She is really a man-eater. (她简直就是个食人族。)
We cannot become rubbish-makers, destroying our homeland. (我们不能成为垃圾制造者,破坏我们的家园。)
上述是自己随机造出的词,例句也是自己造的,字典里应该查不到。