常見的復合詞資料■Shethrowsapeachtome,Igive

herawhitejade.Notinreturn,but

toshowfriendshipmade.■投我以木桃，報之以瓊瑤。

非報也，永以為好也。?英語復合詞（compoundwords）是由兩個或兩個以上的自由詞素構成，表達單一的語義概念。復合詞在寫法上一般有三種形式：粘寫式，松散式和連字符式，如：seagreen

（象海一樣綠的）rainfall

（降雨量）fireproof

（防火的）birth-control

（計劃生育）familiar-sounding（聽起來熟悉的）anopen-airrestaurant（露天餐館）anin-depthinterview

（深度采訪）?1.after+thought＝

afterthought:

事后想起，事后的想法2.air+port

＝airport:

機場3.alarm+clock

＝alarmclock:鬧鐘4.alli+gator

＝alligator:

短吻鱷5.arm+chair

＝armchair:

扶手椅?6.back+ground＝background:

背景，后臺7.back+pack

＝backpack:

背包8.base+ball

＝baseball:

棒球9.basket+ball

＝basketball:籃球10bath+room

＝bathroom:浴室，衛生間11.birth+day

＝birthday:

生日12.black+board＝blackboard:

黑板13.black+smith

＝blacksmith:

鐵匠14.blood+hound＝bloodhound:

大警犬15.blue+print

＝blueprint:

藍圖16.book+case＝rbookcase:

書架17.book+mark＝bookmark:

書簽18.brain+storm＝brainstorm:

集思廣益，頭腦風暴19.break+fast＝breakfast:

早餐20.butter+fly

＝butterfly:

蝴蝶21.candle+stick＝candlestick:燭臺22.card+board＝cardboard:

.............

硬紙板，紙板箱23.care+taker＝caretaker:

看守人，管理員24.car+pool

＝carpool:

拼車25.cart+wheel

＝cartwheel:側手翻26.cat+fish

＝catfish:

鮑魚27.cell+phone

＝cellphone:

手機28.champion+ship＝championship:

冠軍賽，錦標賽29.check+book＝checkbook:

支票簿

30.water+fall

＝waterfall:

瀑布

常用復合詞大全兩個或兩個以上的詞組合起來的新詞，稱作合成詞。合成詞在英語中很實用，而且一次可以記住3個詞rain雨+coat外套=raincoat雨衣pan平底鍋+cake蛋糕=pancake烙餅ear耳朵+ring戒指=earring耳環snow雪+man人類=snowman雪人cat貓+fish魚=catfish鯰魚hand手+bag包=handbag手提包包含國家名的英語復合詞：Italianhand暗中干預

Indiansummer小陽春（深秋季節里一段風和日麗的時期）；秋老虎；興旺時期（尤指在一生中較晚的時期）Spanishathlete胡說八道的人Frenchleave不辭而別Frenchgrey淺灰色Chinaaster翠菊Chinesepuzzle難題，難解之迷Dutchuncle動輒訓人的人Frenchwindow落地長窗Dutchcourage酒后之勇Dutchcomfort不會使人感激的安慰Dutchtreat各人自己付錢的聚餐或娛樂

常見復合詞大全Aaboveground

a.地上的airconditionern.空調airfield

n.飛機場airhead

n.傻瓜，白癡airline

n.定期航線air-mail

a.航空郵政的vt.用航空郵寄n.航空郵件airplane

n.飛機airport

n.<主美>小型民用機場,私人飛機降落場airproof

a.不通氣的,密不透氣的,v.使不透氣airship

n.飛艇,飛船airsick

adj.暈機的,患航空病的airspace

n.領空，空域airwave

n.電波airway

n.空中航線,通風孔alongside

adv.在旁prep.橫靠anybody

pron.任何人,重要人物anyhow

adv.無論如何,總之anymore

adv.不再,再也不anyone

pron.任何一個anytime

adv.任何時候,無論何時anyway

adv.無論如何,總之arrowhead

n.箭頭artwork

n.藝術品，美術品Bbabyfarm

n.育嬰院backhand

n.adv.反手擊球(的),左斜體(的)backstage

adv.在后臺backyard

n.后院bad-tempered

adj.脾氣不好的bedroom

n.住室，寢室best-seller

n.暢銷書birdbrain

n.蠢人birthdate

n.出生年月日

birthday

n.生日birthplace

n.出生地birthrate

n.出生率bittersweet

a.苦甜交集的blackout

n.燈火管制,暫時的意識喪失bloodthirsty

a.嗜血的bookshop

n.書店booksmart

n.來自書本的智慧boyfriend

n.男朋友brainchild

n.腦力勞動的產物breakdance

n.霹靂舞breakfast

n.早餐breakthrough

n.突破breakup

n.斷開，分手brownnoser

n.拍馬屁者bulletproof

a.防彈的(槍彈打不穿的)bullfight

n.斗牛businessperson

n.商人buttercup

n.[植]毛茛科bygonen.過去的事bystander

n.旁觀者Ccallback

n.復試campout

n.野營candlelight

n.燭光caretaker

n.看門人，守護者caregiver

n.給予者，贈送人carsick

adj.暈車的chairwoman

n.女主席,女議長checkroom

n.行李、衣帽寄放處cheerleader

n.拉拉隊隊長childcaren.兒童保育cleanupn.清掃工作clothesbrush

n.衣服刷子cornerstone

n.墻角石，基礎countryman

n.同國人；同胞；同鄉countryroad

n.鄉間道路countrywide

a.全國性的；全國范圍的countrywoman

n.女同胞；鄉下女人cowboy

n.牛仔cross-section

n.橫截面cupboard

n.食櫥,碗碟櫥Ddawnlight

n.晨曦daybreak

n.黎明,拂曉daydream

n.v.（做）白日夢daytime

n.白天,日間dayworkn.日工；按日或小時計酬的工作dayworkern.日班的工人；按日或小時計酬的工人deadline

n.最后期限deckchair

n.躺椅（=beachchair）deeply-considered

a.深思熟慮的doorstep

n.門階,入門之階doorway

n.門口downfall

n.垮臺downside

n.不利方面downstairs

adv.（在）向樓下downstream

adv.向（在）下游downtime

n.休息時間downtown

adv.在市區,往市區adj.市區的dragonfly

n.蜻蜓drug-store

n.<美>藥房,雜貨店Eearplug

n.耳塞easychair

n.安樂椅easy-going

adj.隨和的elsewhere

adv.在別處,去別處entranceway

n.入口，大門Ffacelift

n.整容farmland

n.農場fathership

n.父性,父職fingerendn.指尖fingertip

n.指尖firearmn.火器；槍炮fireplace

n.壁爐firework

n.煙火，焰火football

n.足球footballer

n.足球運動員foothold

n.

立足處footprint

n.腳印freshman

n.新生freshwater

a.淡水的，河水的，湖水的friendship

n.友誼frostbite

n.霜寒,凍傷vt.被霜傷害,使凍傷furthermore

adv.而且，此外Ggatekeeper

n.看門人girlfriend

n.女朋友glasshouse

n.暖房,玻璃廠gluestick

n.膠棒goalkeeper

n.守門員goalmouth

n.球門goddaughter

n.教女godfather

n.教父godmother

n.教母godson

n.教子good-tempered

adj.好脾氣的,和藹的,寬容的goodwill

n.友好，好意，信譽grandchild

n.孫子,孫女grandfather

n.祖父,始祖grandkid

n.孫兒孫女grandmother

n.祖母grandson

n.孫子gravedigger

n.掘墓人graveyard

n.墓地groundwater

n.地下水groundwork

n.

地基,基礎,根基guestroom

n.（家庭中的）來客住房gunshot

a.由槍擊造成的Hhairbrush

n.發刷haircut

n.理發halfway

adj.中途的,部分的,不徹底的adv.半路地,在中途,在半途hallway

n.走廊，門廳handbook

n.手冊handcuffs

n.手銬handgun

n.手槍handmade

adj.手工的,手制的handpick

n.挑選handshake

n.握手handsome

a.英俊的,大方的,慷慨的,美觀的,堂皇的hardworking

adj.苦干的,不辭辛勞的headlamp

n.戴在帽子上的頭燈headfirst

adv.頭向前地，不顧前后地headshaken.搖頭healthcare

n.醫療保健highlighter

n.強調的字high-rise

adj.(建筑物)超高層的,高樓的n.高樓,大廈holdbackn.阻礙物；暫時停頓holdupn.搶劫；交通阻塞homesick

adj.思家的,思鄉病的homeroom

n.品德訓導室homeschool

vt.在家中教授honeycomb

n.蜂窩honeymoon

n.蜜月horseback

n.馬背horsepower

n.馬力hotbed

n.溫床,滋長地housecleaner

n.房屋清掃工housekeeper

n.主婦,女管家housemaid

n.女仆,女傭housewife

n.主婦（=homemaker=goodwife）housework

n.家務I~Kicebreaker

n.破冰設備icecream

n.冰淇淋income

n.收入insight

n.洞察力,見識jokebook

n.笑話集keyboard

n.鍵盤Lladychair

n.手搭坐架laid-back

adj.松馳的,懶散的lakeside

a.湖邊的landfill

n.垃圾填充地landlocked

a.為陸地所包圍的landowner

n.地主layman

n.外行，門外漢leftover

n.剩飯菜lifelike

a.栩栩如生的，逼真的lifelong

a.畢生的，終身的，長達一生的lifestyle

n.生活方式lighthouse

n.燈塔leftovers

n.剩飯菜lipstick

n.口紅longtime

adj.長時間的,為時甚久的adv.長久loud-speaker

n.擴音機lowdown

n.內幕，真相Mmadhouse

n.精神病院；極為吵鬧的場所madman

n.瘋子，狂人；精神病患者mainland

n.大陸mainstream

n.主流makeup

n.組成，構造；化妝marketplace

n.市場，集市mastermind

n.出謀劃策的人，有大才智的人masterwork

n.名作meantime

n.其間,其時adv.其間middleschool

n.中學milestone

n.里程碑milkman

n.售奶工人,送奶工人moonlight/moonshine

n.月光mouthguard

n.牙套Nnationwide

a.全國范圍的network

n.網絡newcomer

n.新來者,新到的移民newhand

n.

新手newsstand

n.報攤，雜志攤nightstand

n.床頭柜，床頭小桌nobody

pron.誰也不,無人,任何人,沒有任何人no-one

(=noone)沒有一個north-east

n.東北northeastern

adj.東北方的,來自東北的northwest

n.西北方adj.西北的northwestern

adj.西北方的,來自西北的notebook

n.筆記簿,筆記本nowhere

n.無處Ooffside

n.越位offspring

n.后代offstage

n.后臺oftentimes

adv.經常，常常onlooker

n.

旁觀者otherwise

adv.另外,否則,不同地,別的方式adj.另外的,其他方面的outbackn.內地ad.在內地；往內地outbreak

n.爆發outcome

n.結果，成果，后果outdate

vt.使過時outdoor

adj.室外的,戶外的,野外的outfit

n.全套服裝(特殊場合用)outlast

vt.較...耐久outlaw

n.v.歹徒；流放outlook

n.觀點；展望outnumber

vt.數目超過，比……多outpatient

n.門診病人

outskirt

n.

外邊,郊區outspokena.善于言談的overact

v.夸張表演overall

a.全部的,全面的overbalance

v.失去平衡overbuild

vt.建造過多；建造在...上面overburden

vt.裝載過多,負擔過多,使過勞

n.過重的負擔overbusy

adj.太忙的,太好多管閑事的overbuy

vt.買得過多或過貴overcareful

adj.過分謹慎的,過分用心的overconfidence

n.過分相信,自負overcrowd

vt.容納過多的人,使過度擁擠overcurious

adj.過份好奇,多問的overdevelop

vt.使過度發達,顯像過多overdo

vt.做得過分,過度,夸張,做作,使過火vi.過火overdraw

v.透支overdress

v.(使)穿得太講究n.外衣overdrive

vt.驅使過度,虐待[機]超速傳動overeat

vt.使吃過量vi.吃得過多overfull

adj.太滿的,過多的adv.過度overgrown

adj.簇葉從生的,長得太大,畸形發展的overhead

adj.在頭上的,高架的n.企業一般管理費用,天花板adv.在頭頂上,在空中,在高處overhear

v.無意間聽到overheat

vt.使過熱vi.變得過熱overlook

vt.俯瞰,聳出,遠眺,沒注意到n.眺望,俯瞰中的景色overmany

adj.過多的overmodest

adj.過分謙虛的,過分羞怯的overmuch

adj.過多的adv.過度地n.過度,過剩overmaster

vt.壓倒,征服,制服overmatch

v.打敗overnice

adj.過分講究的,過于挑剔的overnight

n.頭天晚上adj.通宵的,晚上的,前夜的adv.在前一夜,整夜,昨晚一晚上overpay

vt.多付(錢財)vi.付得過多overpeopled

adj.人口過剩的overplay

v.夸大...的重要性,表演過火,打(或踢)得比...好overpopulation

n.人口過剩overprice

v.將...標價過高,索價過高overprint

vt.套印,添印n.套印,印戳overproduce

v.過度地生產overprotect

vt.過分地保護overquick

adj.過快的oversee

v.俯瞰,監視,檢查,視察oversell

vt.銷售過多,賣空vi.賣空,吹噓過度oversleep

v.(使)睡過頭overturn

n.傾覆,破滅,革命vt.推翻,顛倒vi.翻倒n.翻轉,毀滅overuse

vt.使用過度n.過度使用overview

n.概述overwalk

v.(使)行走過度overweight

n.超重overwork

n.過度操勞,過度工作v.(使)工作過度Ppaddleboat

n.腳踏船palmtop

n.掌上電腦pancake

n.薄烤餅paperback

n.平裝書part-time

adj.兼職的adv.部分時間,兼職地passerby

n.過路人password

n.密碼paycheck

n.工資payoff

n.

報償，回報peacemaker

n.勸架者personage

n.重要人士,顯要,名士pickpocket

n.v.扒手；行竊pickup

n.

拾起,獲得placename

n.地名playback

n.重放playboy

n.花花公子playfellow

n.兒時玩伴playgirl

n.好尋樂的女子playgoer

n.戲迷playground

n.操場playgroup

n.【英】幼兒園playhouse

n.劇場，戲院playmate

n.玩伴,游伴playpen

n.游戲圍欄playroom

n.兒童游戲室playschool

n.【英】幼兒園plaything

n.玩物，被戲弄的人playtime

n.游戲時間pocketknife

n.小刀pocketmoneyn.零花錢powerboat

n.機動艇prizewinner

n.得獎人Q~Rquarterfinal

n.四分之一決賽raindrop

n.雨滴rainfall

n.降雨（量）reasonable

adj.合理的,通情達理的,講道理的riverboat

n.河船road-block

n.路障,關卡,障礙v.阻礙roadside

a.n.

路邊（的）roadwayn.路面；道路rockingchair

n.搖椅roundabout

a.拐彎抹角的Ssalesgirl

n.女店員salesman

n.售貨員,推銷員sandbank

n.沙灘,沙洲,沙壩sandstorm

n.沙塵暴scholarship

n.獎學金,學問,學識schoolbook

n.課本schoolboy

n.男生schoolfriendn.校友schoolgirl

n.女生schoolwork

n.家庭作業，學校作業schoolyard

n.校園seafood

n.海產食品,海味seagrass

n.海草seasick

adj.暈船的seesaw

n.秋千,上下往復的運動,蹺蹺板serviceman

n.后勤人員sharpshooter

n.神射手shipboard

n.舷側,船shipyard

n.造船所shoelace

n.鞋帶shoemaker

n.鞋匠shoestring

n.鞋帶shopkeeper

n.店主shortcoming

n.缺點；短處shortcut

n.近路；捷徑shorthand

n.速記shorthanded

a.缺乏人手的shortsighted

a.近視的silkworm

n.蠶skateboard

n.溜冰板skyrocket

n.流星焰火sleepover

n.外宿sleepwalk

v.夢游snowboard

n.滑雪板snowshoe

n.雪鞋vi.穿雪鞋走路somebody

n.重要人物,名人pron.有人,某人someday

adv.有一天songsmith

n.作曲家soundtrack

n.聲道；音帶；聲跡southeast

n.東南adj.東南的southeastern

adj.東南方的southwest

n.西南方adj.西南的,向西南方的southwestern

adj.西南的,來自西南的spaceship

n.太空船spacewalking

n.太空行走spokesman

n.發言人,代表者spotlight

n.聚光燈stairway

n.樓梯steamboat

n.汽船,輪船stepchild

n.前夫(或前妻)所生子女stepdaughter

n.繼女,過繼的女兒stepfather

n.繼父step-grandfather

n.教祖父step-grandmother

n.教祖母stepmother

n.繼母stepson

n.繼子,過繼的兒子straightforward

a.直接的，坦率的stronghold

n.堡壘；要塞；大本營sunbathing

n.日光浴sundown

n.日落,闊緣的女帽sunlight

n.日光sunscreen

n.(防曬油中的)遮光劑sunset

n.日落,晚年sweetheart

n.心愛的人Ttakeawayn.外賣食品；外賣餐館；a.外賣的taxpayer

n.納稅人teamwork

n.聯合作業,協力teapot

n.茶壺teatime

n.喝茶時間textbook

n.課本thundercloud

n.雷云thundershower

n.雷陣雨thunderstorm

n.雷暴雨thunderstruck

a.遭雷擊的；嚇壞了的；timeout

n.暫停tiptoe

n.v.腳尖，踮起腳走touchstone

n.

試金石,標準touchwood

n.摸摸會有好運氣的木頭townspeople

n.市民trademark

n.商標troublemaker

n.搗亂者troubleshooter

n.

紛爭解決者,調解紛爭專家trustworthy

a.值得信賴的turnaround

n.回車場,轉變,轉向,突然好轉typewriter

n.打字機Uunderdog

n.失敗者,受壓迫者underhand

a.秘密的,下投的,欺瞞的adv.秘密地,陰險地,(打球時)手不過肩地underground

adj.地下的,地面下的,秘密的n.[英]地鐵adv.在地下,秘密地undersea

adj.海面下的undertake

v.進行，承擔unputdownable

a.愛不釋手upbringing

n.撫育，養育；教養；培養upcoming

a.即將來臨的update

v.使現代化,修正,校正,更新n.現代化,更新upend

v.顛倒,倒放uproot

vt.根除；把……趕出家園upset

vt.顛覆,推翻,擾亂,使不適,使心煩vi.翻倒,傾覆n.翻倒,混亂upstairs

adv.（在）向樓上V~Wviewpoint

n.觀點vineyard

n.葡萄園waistband

n.腰帶warpath

n.征途watchword

n.格言waterfall

n.瀑布waterproof

n.防水材料a.防水的v.使...能防水weeklong

a.為期一周的well-being

a.健康的well-round

a.有多方面能力的wellspring

n.源泉wetland

n.沼澤地wheelchair

n.輪椅whereabout

n.下落，行蹤whereas

conj.&ad.然而,卻,反之

whereupon

adv.于是,因此conj.在什么上面wholesale

n.批發widespread

adj.分布廣泛的,普遍的wildfire

n.野火wildflowern.野花wildlife

n.野生動物willpower

n.意志力windbreak

n.防風林，防風物withdraw

vt.收回,撤消vi.縮回,退出v.撤退wonderland

n.仙境,奇境worldwide

adj.全世界的worldview

n.世界觀worry-free

a.無憂無慮的worthwhile

a.值得的做的；值得花時間的wristwatch

n.手表wrongdoing

n.壞事，不道德行為

含well的復合形容詞well-chosen(word)選擇得當的（詞語）well-cut(suit)剪裁得體的（服裝）well-done(job)完成得很好的（工作）well-drawn(character)畫得很好的（人物）well-dressed(women)穿著時髦的（婦女）well-founded(building)基礎牢固的（建筑物）well-known(scientist)著名的（科學家）well-spoken(man)說話優雅的（人）well-written(composition)寫得不錯的（作文）well-behaved(student)舉止優雅的（學生）well-intentioned(remarks)善意（之語）well-disposed(man)待人很好的（人）well-bred(girl)有教養的（女孩）well-balanced(diet)營養全面的（飲食結構）well-appointed(flat)設備良好的（公寓）well-advised(man)明智（之人）well-timed(stroke)時機頗佳的（一擊）well-performed(play)演出成功的（戲）well-conceived(plan)設想很好的（計劃）well-planned(tour)計劃周密的（旅行）well-guarded(secret)保守很好的（秘密）well-seasoned(soup)味道調得很好的（湯）well-lighted(office)照明條件很好的（辦公室）well-set-up/well-built(man)身體健壯的（男人）well-founded(belief)堅定的（信念）well-proportioned(room)勻稱的（房間）well-rounded(person)豐滿（之人）well-thought-of(teacher)受人尊敬的（老師）well-meant(actions)善意（之舉）well-mannered(children)有禮貌的（孩子）well-prepared(dishes)豐盛的（菜）well-equipped(library)設備很好的（圖書館）well-liked(songs)流行（歌曲）well-fed(man)吃得挺飽的（人）well-trained(dog)訓練有素的（狗）well-featured(person)面貌端正的（人）well-placed（signs）設置好的（標志）well-established(friendship)基礎牢固的（友誼）well-organized(society)組織良好的（社會）well-informed(question)內行的（問題）well-connected(people)有好血統的（人）well-furnished(house)裝修很好的（房子）

含-looking構成的合成詞ancient-looking看上去年紀大的angry-looking看上去生氣的awkward-looking尷尬的best-looking長相極好的boyish-looking像男孩子似的cheerful-looking興高采烈的clean-looking干凈的，講究的comfortable-looking儀表堂堂的disagreeable-looking令人討厭的distinguished-looking氣度不凡的dull-looking單調的evil-lo