英语合成词常由两个(或多个)独立的单词合成一个词，分析两词
(或这些词)的词义，大都就能分析、归纳出合成词的词义。
合成词主要在合成名词、合成形容词、合成动词、合成副词
四大类。下面是合成构词结构的简要归纳：
１．合成名词(有下列九种构词结构):
1.n.名+n.名2.n.名+gerund动名3.n.名+prep.介
4.n.名+v.动5.gerund动名+n.名6.prep.介+n.名
7.v.动+n.名8.adv.副+v.动9.v.动+adv.副
２．合成形容词(有下列六种构词结构):
1.adj.形+n.名2.adj形+n.-ed名3.adj.形+pp.分
4.adv.副+pp.分5.n.名+adj.形6.n.名+pp.分
３．合成动词(有下列二种构词结构):
1.adj.形+v动2.adv.副+v.动3.n.名+V.动
４．合成副词(有下列三种构词结构):
1.adj.形+adv.副2.adj.形+n.名3.prep.介+n.名
下面就以字母顺序列出中学英语所学大部分合成词，还增加部分
虽未学习过，但一眼就可直观地看出词义的合成词。
[注意]:下列英语合成词的汉语释义前有conj.者为连词；
有pron.者为代词；有v.者为动词；有prep.者为介词；
其它一般均为名词。
A
以after为中心词:aftergrass再生草afterlife余生
afterlight夕照aftermost最后的afternoon下午
afterpains产后痛aftertaste余味afterthought反省
afterwardsad.后来afterwit事后聪明afterword编后记
以air为中心词:airbus大客机air-conditioned空调的
aircooled气冷却的air-cover空中掩护aircraft飞机
airdrop(ped)空降(的)airdry晾干air-field飞机场
air-force空军airtight密封的airline航空公司
air-liner班机air-mail航空邮件air-man航空兵
airplane飞机air-port机场airproof密封的
airship气艇airsickness晕机air-space空域
airstream气流air-to-air空对空air-to-groud空对地
以all为中心词:allday整天all-in囊括
all-important十分重要allpowerful无所不能的
allout全力的allround全面的allsided全面的
allwave全波段的allweather全天候的
以any为中心词:anybodypron.任何人anyhowad.无论如何
anything任何事情anywayad.无论怎样anywheread.无论哪里
any-words任何话apple-shaped苹果形的ashtray灰缸
B
以back为中心词:backache背痛backcountry僻乡
backdate回溯backcounrty边远地区backdoor后门
background背景backrest靠背backroom里屋
backseat后座backside屁股backtalkv.回嘴
backwardsad.向后backyard后院bowback鸵背
comebakev.复辟fallbackv.退却greenback美钞
roundbacked鸵背的
以ball为中心词:balldress舞长礼服ballroom舞厅
ballpen圆珠笔baseball棒球basketball篮球
eyeball眼球fireball火球football足球
footballer足球运动员handball手球snowdall雪球
volleyball排球bathroom洗澡室
以bed为中心词:bedbug臭虫bedclothes铺盖
bedfast卧病在床的bedpan便盆bedroom寝室
bedsitter卧(居)室bedtime就寝的时刻bedwetting溺床的
airbed气垫床chairbed躺椅coalbed煤床
hotbed温床lie-abed睡懒觉者riverbed河床
roadbed路基rosebed玫瑰花坛seabed海底
seedbed苗铺singlebed单人床beeswax蜂蜡
beforehandad.事先big-eared大耳的big-nosed大鼻的
以bird为中心词:birdcage鸟笼birdcall鸟语
bird's-eye鸟瞰的birdman鸟类学家birdbrain轻浮笨蛋
blackbird被贩黑奴blackbird贩奴catbird猫鸟
cowbird牛鸟homebird恋家的人jailbird囚犯
lovebird爱鸟ricebird食米鸟seabird海鸟
snowbird雪鸟stormbird海燕songbird鸣禽
warbird战鹰birthday生日birthplace出生地
better-trained受较好培养的
以black为中心词:
blackbird黑鸟blackbrowed愁眉苦脸的black-haired黑发的
black-beared黑胡子的blackboard黑板blue-eyed兰眼睛的
blond-haired金发的
以book为中心词:bookcase书箱bookkeeper
bookmark书签booklover爱书者bookseller卖书人
bookshelf书架bookshop书店bookstand书亭
bookstall书亭bookstore书店bookwarm书虫;书呆
breadwinner养家活口之人
以break为中心词:breakdown故障breakfast早饭
breakthough突围breakwater防波堤breakwind防风林
bright-cheeked面颊发亮的bright-lit灯亮的
broadcast广播broad-chested宽胸的broken-down
以bus为中心词:bus-driver公共汽车司机busman杂仆
bus-stop公共汽车站businessman生意人bushmaster毒蛇
C
cash-deskchairman主席chairwoman女主席
deckchair帆布椅character-training培养性格的
chopsticks筷子churchyard教堂内院
以class为中心词:
classfeeling阶级感情classmate同班同学classroom教室
class-teacher班主任first-class头等的clear-headed头脑清楚的
cleverly-constructed修建巧妙的coastline海岸线
cold-blooded冷血的commonplace不足道的cough-drop止咳药片
countryside农村courtyard院子craftsman技工
D
以day为中心词:day-break黎明day-boy走读生day-care日托
day-dream白日梦daylight日光daylong终日的dayroom娱乐室
dayschool日校daytime白昼daywork日班deep-set深陷的
dive-bomber深水炸弹doghouse狗舍
以door为中心词:doorbell门铃doorkeeper门卫doorman门卫
doorstep门阶doorway门道dope-taker吸毒者
downstairsad.在楼上drugstore杂货店dumbfoundv.呆;愣
以dust为中心词:dustbin垃圾dustcloth防尘布dustless无尘的
dustman垃圾工人dustpan垃圾撮箕
E
以ear为中心词:earache耳痛earcap耳套eardrops耳坠
earphone耳机earpick挖耳勺earsplitting震耳欲聋的
以earth为中心词:earthenware陶器earthman地球人
earthmover大推土机earthnik地球人earthnut花生
earthquake地震earthshaking震撼世界的earthwork土木工程
easygoing悠闲的eastenmost极东的eastwardsad.向东
eight-year-old八岁的endmost最远的English-Chinese英汉的
Eenglishman英国人engineroom机器房epock-making划时代的
evergreen常绿的
以every为中心词:everybodypron.人人everyday每天的
everyonepron.人人everyplacead.每处everythingpron.每事
everywheread.各处exercise-book练习本expressway高速公路
以eye为中心词:eyebrow眼眉eyecatcher引人注目的事
eyecatching注目的eye-glasses眼镜eyelet小孔；针眼
eyeopening开眼界的eyeshade眼罩eyeshot视界
eye-sight视力eyetooth犬齿eyewash洗眼药水
bird's-eye鸟瞰bloody-eyed凶眼的blue-eyed蓝眼的
bright-eyed眼晶莹的cat-eyed夜视的clear-eyed能辨明是非的
cross-eyed斗鸡眼的cockeyed斗鸡眼的dove-eyed目光柔顺的
green-eyed妒忌的moon-eyed圆睁双眼的large-eyed大眼的
one-eyed独眼的open-eyed惊讶的quick-eyed眼快的
round-eyed圆睁眼的sharp-eyed目光敏锐的shut-eyed睡眠的
weak-eyed视力差的wild-eyed目光狂暴的
F
以face为中心词:faceache面部神经痛的facedown面朝下的
facesaving保面子的face-to-face面对面的faceup面朝上的
aboutfaced圆脸的apple-faced苹果脸形的barefaced露骨的
barefacedly露骨地coalface煤面clockface钟面
doublefaced两面的horsefaced马脸的moonfaced圆脸的
open-faced露面的ratfaced獐目鼠脸的two-faced两面派的
fan-eared扇形耳的
以far为中心词:farend远端farfamed名声远播的
farmost最远的faroff遥远的farreaching深远的
farred远红外的farseeing深谋远虑的farsighted远视的
faraway遥远的farewellinterj.告别farmhand雇工
farmhouse农舍fatherhood父权fatherland祖国
fatherlike慈父般的fastfood快餐fineturn细节
以fire为中心词:fireboat救火艇
firebrick耐火砖fireeater吞火魔术师fireengine灭火机
fireguard防火员fireman消防员fireplace壁炉
fireside炉边firewood柴火campfire营火
quickfire急射的quickfirer速射枪炮testfire试射
wildfire大火灾fishpond鱼池fisherman渔民
flashlight闪光flowerbed花圃flowerlike象花一样的
flowerpot花盆floorboards地板
以fly为中心词:
flyboy飞行员flycatcher捕蝇草flypaper毒蝇纸
flyway迅速的dayfly蜉游dragonfly蜻蜓
catchfly捕虫草butterfly蝴蝶firefly萤火虫
greenfly绿芽虫horsefly牛虻housefly家蝇
以foot为中心词:footbath脚盆footbridge天桥
footfall脚步（声）foothold立足点footlight地灯
footlog独木桥footloose自由自在footmark足迹
footpath人行道footprint足迹footstep足迹
footstone基石footsure脚步稳的foottrace竞走
footwalk人行道footway人行道footwork步法
barefooted赤足的featherfooted脚步很轻flatfoot平脚
heavyfooted脚步沉重的lightfooted脚步轻快的slowfooted速度慢的
softfooted脚步轻盈的surefooted步稳健的swiftfooted跑得快的
underfoot在脚下wingfooted脚履轻捷的
以fore为中心词:
forearm祖先;前臂forecast预报foreclose预先处理
forefather祖宗forefinger食指forefoot前脚
forefront最前线foregoer祖先foregone预知
foreground前景forehead前额foreknow预知
foreknowledge预知foreleg前腿foremost名列前茅的
foremother女祖先forename名forenoon午前
forenotice预告forepart前部forereach胜过
forerun预报forerunner先驱者foresee预见
foreshore前滨foreshow预示foresight预见
foretaste预尝foretell预告foretaken预兆
forethought预谋forewoman女工头foreword前言
four-legged四腿的four-sided四边的
framework结构
以free为中心词:
freedrop自由空投freehanded大方的
freehearted坦白的；慷慨的freeliving纵情享受的
freeminded溺于玩乐的freespoken直言的freewheel飞轮freewill自愿的freeway公路carefree无忧无虑的
handsfree不用手的icefree不冻的interestfree无利息的
postfree免付邮资的taxfree免税的troublefree无麻烦的
freedom-loving爱自由的
以fresh为中心词:
freshcaught才捉到的fresh-faced面生的freshkilled刚杀的
freshman大学新生fresh-painted才漆的freshwater淡水的
以full为中心词:
fullblooded血气方刚full-dress盛装fullface正面的脸
fullgrown成熟的fullhearted满腔热情的fullhouse客满
fulllength全长的fullmarks满分fullmoon满月
fullpage全页fulltime专职的full-scale齐备的
G
gateway门道gentleman绅士get-together联欢会
girlhood少女时代girlfriend女友glass-doored门装玻璃的
goatkeeper牧羊人goatherd牧羊人golden-fish金鱼
golden-haired金发的
以good为中心词:goodbye再见good-for-nothing不中用的
goodhearted好心的good-looking漂亮的good-nature礼貌的
以ground为中心词:grandaunt姑婆grandchild孙孙
granddad祖父granddaughter孙女grandfather公公
grandma婆婆grandmother婆婆grandpa爷爷
grandson孙儿granduncle舅公
glasscovered被草覆盖的
glassland草地green-eyed嫉妒的greengrocer杂货店
grown-up成人guidebook指南书guide-dog引路狗
以gun为中心词:gun-boat炮舰gunfire炮火
gunman持枪歹徒gun-powder火药gunshot射击
air-gun汽枪hunting-gun猎枪
H
以hair为中心词:hair-dresser理发师hair-cut理发
hair-oil发油hairpencil画笔
以half为中心词:
half-hibernatev.半冬眠halfpenny半便士halfsmilev.微笑
以hand为中心词:handbag手提包handball手球
handbill传单handbook手册handcart手推车
handcuff手铐hand-gun手枪handholdv.紧握
handrail扶手handsaw手锯handsdown唾手可得的
handshake握手hands-off不插手的hand-out施舍物
hand-over移交的handsome英俊的handstand手倒立
hand-to-hand手拉手hand-to-mouth逼近的handwork手工
handwriting书法beforehand预先cleanhanded清白的
emptyhanded空手的evenhanded公正的farmhand长工
firsthand第一手的freehanded大方的highhanded高压的
ironhanded铁腕的largehanded大方的lefthander左撇子
openhanded慷慨的redhanded现行犯的secondhand第二手的
shorthanded速记underhand秘密的underhanded人手不足的
workhand人手以hard为中心词:hard-hearted硬心肠的
hardworking辛勤劳动的hardwood硬木havesttime收获时节
以head为中心词:headache头痛headchair靠椅
headdress头布headless无头的headline大字标题
headmaster校长headmost领头的headpage扉页
headrest头靠headstrong任性的headteacher校长
head-to-head短兵相接的headword标题headwork脑力劳动
headwater河源ahead在囆头forehead前额
beheadv.砍头bighead自高自大者bigheaded自高自大的
bridgehead桥大堡clearheaded头脑清楚的coolheaded头脑冷静的
以heart为中心词:heartache悲痛heartbreak(ing)伤心(的)
heartbroken伤心的heart-burning嫉忌heart-disease心脏病
heart-faiture心脏衰竭heartfelt至诚的heartsick垂头丧气的
kind-hearted好心肠的warm-hearted热心肠的herdsman牧民
hiding-place藏身处
以high为中心词:high-boy高衣柜
high-class高级的high-flying野心勃勃的high-grade高级的
high-handed(ly)专横的(地)high-hat势利的high-keyed高调的
high-jumping跳高highland高地high-level高阶层的
high-life奢侈生活high-light精彩部分high-necked高领的
high-powered能力强的highest-quality优质的high-road捷径
high-up要人highway公路hillside山坡
以home为中心词:homeland祖国homemade自制的
hometown家乡homework家庭作业honeybee蜜蜂
honeycomb蜂房honeydew蜜汁horse-back马背
horse-faced马脸的horse-riding骑马以house为中心词:
housedog看家狗housekeeper管家houselet小房子
housemother女管家housemouse家鼠houseroom摆物间
house-to-house挨户的housetop屋顶housewife家庭主妇
housework家务事howeverad.无论怎样
I
ice
ice-age冰河时代ice-berg冰山ice-boat冰船
ice-box冰箱cold冰冷ice-cream冰糕
ice-house冰库ill-treated虐待in-and-in近亲配
inbetween中间人income收入indoorsad.室内
insidead.在内intoprep.进入
in
be-in狂欢会
bed-in露宿示威bike-in自行车大示威buy-in补偿买入
camp-in露宿示威drive-in可坐车观看的露天影院
die-in死亡示威eat-in聚餐会fish-in捕鱼示威
laugh-in谐趣节目lie-in卧街示威look-in拜访
love-in性爱会paint-in油漆示威ride-in乘车示威
sing-in齐齐唱sleep-in露宿示威smoke-in吸毒会
study-in学习会swim-in游泳示威work-in工作斗争
K
kidnapv.绑架kinsman同胞；亲戚
L
land-forces陆军landlord地主landmark界标
landmass大陆large-eyed大眼的lawbook法律书籍
brother-in-law舅子father-in-law岳父mother-in-law岳母
sister-in-law媳妇lazy-bones懒骨头left-handed用左手的
childlike孩子似的girl-like姑娘似的like-minded志趣相投的
likewise同样地warlike好战的lifeboat救生船
living-room起居室
long-eared长耳的long-faced长脸的
long-haired长发的long-legged长腿的long-nosed长鼻的
look
looking-glass镜子funny-looking貌可笑的good-looking长相好看的
important-looking看起很重要的样子ordinary-looking相貌平平的
lookout了望台looker-over检验员looksee视察旅行
lookthrough透视loud-speaker扬声器look-up查阅
lunch-room午餐室lunch-time午餐时
M
machinegun机枪
man
man-eater吃人的人或物mankiller杀手
mankind人类man-made人造的manpower人力
manservant男仆mantime人次man-to-man人盯人的
airman航空兵busman司机chairman主席
craftsman技工Englishman英国人fire-man消防员
fisherman渔夫Frenchman法国人gentleman绅士
herdsman牧人kinsman同胞milkman送奶工
nightman掏粪工policeman警察postman邮差
sellsman售货员sportsman运动员workman工人
marketplace市场maybe大概birth-mark痣
footmark脚印high-mark高分low-mark低分
meanwhile同时meetingroom会议室midday中午
middle-school中学milkmaid挤奶女工moneyleader高利贷者
monkey-faced猴脸的monkey-nut落花生moreoverad.此外
motherhood母性mother-in-law岳母motherland祖国
mother-language母语motherlike似母亲的mother-ship母舰
mother-tongue母语
N
nearby附近的near-sighted近视的never-ending永不终止的
necklace项链newcomer新来者newsboy报童
newslettler简讯newsreel新闻片newspaper报纸
newsroom阅报室newsstand报架nightbird夜鸟
nightblindness夜盲症nightcap睡帽nightclothes睡衣
nightclub夜总会nightdress睡衣nightfall傍晚
nightlife夜生活nightlight夜灯nightlong通宵
nightpiece夜景nightschool夜校nightsweat盗汗
nightwalker妓女nightwatch守夜nightwatcher守夜人
nobleman贵族nobody没有人notebook笔记本
nothing没东西nowhere没处
O
oilcloth油布oilfield油田one-armed独臂的
one-eyed独眼的one-handed单手的one-legged独腿的
one-room单间的one-sided片面的one-way单程的
onto到...上面outbravev.以勇气胜过outbreak爆发
outbrustv.爆发outclassv.胜过outdov.胜过
outcome结果outcryv.大叫outdistancev.领先
outdoor户外的outfightv.战胜outgrowv.长得太快
outlet插坐outlivev.活得太久outlook景色
outmarchv.胜过outnumber(量)超过outplayv.胜过
output产量outrunv.超过outside外面
out-spoken直言的outstanding出色的outwork外堡
over-参看前缀构词oxhide牛皮
P
passerby过路人password暗语peacemaker造成和平者
peacelover热爱和平者peaceloving爱和平的pencilbox铅笔盒
penfriend笔友penknife铅笔刀penmanship书法
penname笔名pennyworth值一便士的东西pickpocket扒手
picturebook图书pig-headed冥顽不化的pigiron生铁块
pigskin猪皮pigtail辫子pigwash猪食
play
playact表演playactor演员playday假日
playbill演出海报playbook剧本playbox玩具箱
playboy花花公子playgame儿戏playgoer戏迷
playground操场playhouse游戏室playland游戏场
playmate游伴playroom游艺室playschool托儿所
playwriting戏剧创作playfellow游伴
policecar警车
policeman警察policestation派出所platfrom月台
pocketbook袖珍本poorhouse贫民收容所postbag邮袋
postmark邮戳postmaster邮政局长postoffice邮政局
postpaid邮资已付的praiseworthy值得称赞的
Q
quick-cured迅速治愈的quick-firing速射的get-rich-quick暴富的
R
railway铁路rainbow虹raincoat雨衣
rainfall降雨(量)
room
roommate室友ballroom舞室
bedroom寝室classroom教室diningroom餐室
fireroom锅炉间readingroom阅览室recording录音室
restroom休息室sittingroom起居室red-lipped红唇的
red-nosed红鼻子的riverside河边roadside路边
S
sad-eyed眼神忧伤的sad-faced脸色悲伤的sad-hearted心情忧虑的
safe-guardv.警卫sawmill锯木场
school
school-ager学龄儿童
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schoolroom教室schoolteacher教师schoolteaching教学
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self
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sportsman运动员sportsmeet运动会sportswoman女运动员
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T
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tea-time饮茶时tea-tree茶树teammate队友
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trolley-bus电车troublesome麻烦的trouble-maker惹麻烦者
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W
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water-course水道water-covered被水覆盖的water-skiing划水
water-way水道weak-eyed眼神疲乏的weekend周末
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well-managed安排周到的well-marked作好记号的
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