英语复合词构词法
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 ／long etc．）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．
