en dash
noun[C]
publishingspecializeduk/ˈen ˌdæʃ/us/ˈen ˌdæʃ/(UKalsoen rule,uk/ˈen ˌruːl/us/ˈen ˌruːl/)ashortdash(= thesymbol- ), usedespeciallywhentypingon acomputeror inprintingtoseparatenumbers:
短破折号An endashis aswideas an "n" in aparticulartypeface.使用某种特定字体时，短破折号与字母“n”一样宽。
Endashesare usedalmostexclusivelyfordateranges.短破折号几乎只用于日期范围。
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em dash
- Endashisapproximatelyhalfthewidthof an emdash.
- Create an endashbypressingopt+hyphen.
- Emdashes, endashesandhyphensallmeansomething different.
Punctuation
- abbreviated
- accent
- at sign
- block capitals
- capitalization
- caron
- cedilla
- comma
- dash
- diacritical
- double prime
- hyphenate
- question mark
- round brackets
- semicolon
- small capitals
- solidus
- square brackets
- stroke
- unbracketed