参考：

　　两个英语单词组成的词叫复合词,这样的词去了去了!

　　A．复合词的概念—

　　由两个或更多的词合成一个词的现象,叫复合词,又称合成词（词与词之间可以有连字符）；其中以复合名词最多,其次是复合形容词,复合动词、介词、副词、数词等也不少.

　　B．复合名词

　　a．名词＋名词：bookshop／store／seller／mark,sunlight／shine／glasses,French／Englishman,policeman／woman,volley／basket／base／football,penfriend,grandfather／mother／son／daughter／parent（s）／children,schoolboy／girl／bag／yard,headache／master／teacher,moon-cake／light,team／house／homework,workbook／place／shop,newspaper,motorbike／car,birthday,bed／class／bathroom,handbag,gate-keeper／man,pencil-box,day／lunchtime,lifeboat／time,postcard／man／office,seafood,weekday／end,class／work／mate,northeast／west,railway,southeast／west,textbook,teapot,shellfish,earthquake,cup／keyboard,doorbell,fireplace,farmland,hometown,salesgirl,necklace,wardrobe,spaceship,etc．

　　b．形容词＋名词：loudspeaker,goodbye,midnight／day,blackboard,Mid-autumn,software,mainland．．．

　　c．动名词＋名词：sitting／waiting-room．．．

　　d．动词＋名词：playground／house,watchtower,chopsticks,washroom,checkout,breakfast．．．

　　e．名词＋动名词：handwriting,homecooking,thanksgiving,roller-skating．．．

　　f．动词＋副词：get-together

　　g．其它：afternoon,today,tonight（n．＆adv．）,ping-pong,T-shirt,E-mail,

　　self-respect,two-storey,yo-yo．．．

　　C．复合形容词

　　a．形容词＋名词＋（e）d：kind-hearted,glass－topped

　　b．形容词＋现在分词：good-looking

　　c．副词＋现在分词：hard-working

　　d．名词＋现在分词：English-speaking

　　e．名词＋过去分词：man-made

　　f．副词＋过去分词：well-known

　　g．形容词＋名词：mideast,round-trip

　　h．其它：up／downstairs（adj．＆adv．）,everyday,take-away,outdoor,one-way,part-time,two-month／day／year／metre（-old／longetc．）secondhand,mouth-to-mouth,so-so,on-line,so-called．．．

　　D．其它复合词

　　maybe,forever,everything／body／one／where,nothing／body／where,something／body／one／where,anything／body／one／where,myself,ourselves,when／how／who／what／whichever,wherever,without,into,in／outside,sometime（s）,thirty-eight,forty-fifth,water-ski,download,half-way,nearby,etc．

　　II．缩写词

　　A．缩写词概念B．长单词变短单词网页C．一个首字母即代表一个单词网页

　　A．缩写词概念—

　　由一个长单词或二个以上的单词缩为一个短单词（更可简到只剩廖廖几个骨架字母）,叫缩写词又名缩略词.

　　B．长单词变短单词—

　　a．截头：telephone—phone,bicycle—cycle,aeroplane—plane,etc．

　　b．去尾：mathematics—math（s）,photo-graph—photo,Monday—Mon．,October—Oct．,adverb—adv．（ad．）,kilogram—kilo,examina-tion—exam,advertisement—ad．,laboratory—lab,etc．

　　c．既截头又去尾：refrigerator—fridge

　　d．混合词（各取两词的一部分刷新成另一词）：breakfastandlunch—brunch

　　e．其它：cannot—can't,willnot—won't,shallnot—shan't,letus—let's,Iwould（had）—I'd,sheis（has）—she's,youare—you're,number—No．（ornum．）,Catherine—Kate,Iwill（shall）—I'll,bicycle—bike,mister—Mr．,etc．

　　C．一个首字母即代表一个单词网页（注：多数要大写,组合成像单词一样的常见缩写词）.如：veryimportantperson—VIP,physicaleducation—P．E等

　　CD,BBC,CAAC,ID,IQ,IT,UFO,SAR,OK,CBA,MBA,WTO,UNESCO,PLA,PRC,AD,CCTV,CCP,EMS,USA,p．m．,kg,km,cm,mm,a．m．,etc．（注：它们一般按字母读音读,如PC／'pi:'si／；但像UN-ESCO／ju（:）'neskou／等也可当作一个单词来拼读）.