英语听力汇总   |   bbc你问我答:Disappearing hyphens 正在消失的连字符

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  How do you write 智能手机 in English?

  Is it: smartphone, smart-phone or smart phone?

  With a hyphen, a space, or as one word?

  This is an example of a technological term which has recently entered the English language. Others are:

  Website, email, webpage

  What often happens with technological terms is that when they first appear, they have a hyphen or space:

  Web-site, e-mail, web-page

  Over time, as people get used the concept and word, the hyphen tends to disappear!

  But is it smart phone, smart-phone or smartphone? Listen to the programme to find out the answer.