Hyphenated is the form that tells you the joining has already happened, or that a word is written with a hyphen in it.

Hyphenatedhyphenated is是 the form that tells you一種形式，告訴你 the joining has already happened連接已經發生了 or或 that a word is written with a hyphen in it這個字是用連字號寫的

A hyphenated name has that little dash in the middle, like a double family name. A hyphenated word is one the writer chose to join that way — ice-cream in older spelling, for example.

A hyphenated namehyphenated name has有 that little dash in the middle中間那個小短線 like a double family name就像雙姓一樣。 A hyphenated wordhyphenated word is指的是 one the writer chose to join that way作者選擇這樣連接起來的字 ice-cream in older spelling, for example比方說舊拼法裡的ice-cream

People also stretch it: a hyphenated identity is a picture-word for belonging to two groups at once, as in Taiwanese-American.

People also stretch it大家也會把這個詞用得更寬鬆: a hyphenated identityhyphenated identity is是 a picture-word一個形象化的說法 for belonging to two groups at once指同時屬於兩個群體 as in Taiwanese-American就像Taiwanese-American

The verb sense is simple too: if you hyphenated the title, you put the dashes in.

The verb sense is simple too動詞的意思也很簡單: if如果 you hyphenated the title你hyphenated了這個標題 you put the dashes in就是把連字號加進去了

Though actually, what counts as hyphenated changes with time. Words that were hyphenated fifty years ago are often one word now, and two writers may not mark the same word the same way.

Though actually不過其實 what counts as hyphenated什麼算是hyphenated changes with time會隨時間改變。 Words that were hyphenated fifty years ago五十年前曾經hyphenated的字 are often one word now現在常常變成一個字 and而且 two writers兩個作者 may not mark the same word the same way對同一個字的標示方式也可能不一樣