二. 合成法
由两个或两个以上的单词连在一起合成一个新词，这种构词法叫做合成法，合成的词叫做合成词。合成词一般看其词，知其意。
1. 合成名词
●名词/代词 名词 newspaper blood-test she-wolf
●动词 名词 typewriter pickpocket daybreak
●形容词 名词 greenhouse highway
●副词 名词 overcoat outside
●名词 v.-ing/v.-ing 名词 handwriting reading-room freezing-point
●动词 副词/ 副词 动词 breakthrough get-together outbreak outcome
●名词 介词 名词 sister-in-law editor-in-chief
2. 合成形容词
●名词 形容词/形容词 名词 world-famous duty-free large-scale long- term
●副词 形容词 over-anxious evergreen
●名词 过去分词 man-made sun-burnt
●名词 现在分词 peace-loving English-speaking
●形容词 现在分词 good-looking easy-going
●副词 过去分词 well-informed widespread
●副词 现在分词 hardworking far-reaching
●形容词 名词 ed warm-hearted absent-minded
●数词 名词 ed three-legged ten-storied
●数词 名词 one-way five–star
●数词 名词 形容词 ten-year-old 800-meter-long
●名词 to 名词 face –to-face door - to -door
3. 合成动词
●名词 动词 baby-sit sleepwalk
●副词 动词 outnumber underestimate overwork
●形容词 动词 whitewash
4. 合成副词
●形容词 名词 meanwhile anyway
●形容词 副词 everywhere anyhow
●副词 副词 however
●介词 名词 beforehand overhead
●介词 副词 forever
5. 合成代词
●代词宾格 self/selves herself themselves
●物主代词 self/selves myself yourselves
●形容词 名词 anything nothing
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