multi-word

multi-word — adjective

1. describing a grammatical unit — such as a phrasal verb, compound noun, or fixed

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describing a grammatical unit — such as a phrasal verb, compound noun, or fixed expression — that is formed from two or more individual words working together as a single meaning-bearing element.

例句

Yara highlighted every multi-word verb she found in the reading passage.

collocation: multi-word verb

Multi-word expressions such as 'look forward to' appear often in business emails.

collocation: multi-word expressions

同義詞
  • multiword

    identical meaning; the unhyphenated variant is less frequent in edited writing

  • compound

    narrower scope — refers only to words formed from two roots (e.g. 'toothbrush'), not to phrasal verbs or longer expressions

  • phrasal

    restricted to verb + particle combinations; a subset of multi-word units

反義詞
  • single-word

    the opposite concept: consisting of exactly one word

  • one-word

    equivalent to 'single-word'; less common as a hyphenated adjective

文法句型

multi-word + noun (linguistic term)

用法筆記

Nearly always used attributively before a noun that names a linguistic category (e.g. verb, expression, unit, compound). The alternative spelling multiword (without hyphen) occurs but is less common.

常見錯誤

❌The dictionary lists multi-words verbs as separate entries.
✅The dictionary lists multi-word verbs as separate entries.
💡When used as an adjective before a noun, 'multi-word' stays singular and hyphenated; 'multi-words' (plural) is incorrect.