We borrow the word “portmanteau” from French.

我们从法语中借用了“portmanteau”这词。

Where does the idea of portmanteaus come from?

混成词的概念从何而来？

We will also learn about their history and find out some common portmanteaus in English.

我们还将了解它们的历史，并找出一些常见的英语混成词。

A portmanteau is a word made from shortening and combining two other words.

合成词是由另外两词的缩写和重组而形成的词。

It's a portmanteau, or combination of two words -work and vacation.

这是复合词，者两词的组合：工作和假期。

And you are absolutely correct. The answer is portmanteau words. Congratulations if you knew that.

你完全正确。答案是合成词。恭喜你早就知道答案。

In addition, many of the words added to the OED in recent years are portmanteaus.

此外，近年来《牛津英语词典》收录的许多单词都是合成词。

These words are portmanteaus — words that are formed by combining parts of two separate words.

这些词都是混成词——由两单词的一部分组合而成的单词。

In this week's Everyday Grammar, we will learn more about how portmanteaus are created.

在本周的《语法》中，我们将学习更多关于混成词是如何产生的内容。

“Internet” is also a portmanteau, which combines “interconnected” and “network.”

“互联网”也是混成词，由“互联”和“网络”组合而成。

But look here—take this portmanteau with you.

但是看这里——把这 portmanteau 带在身边。

In his follow-up book Though the Looking Glass, Carroll wrote about the idea of portmanteaus.

在他的后续著作《镜中奇遇》中，卡罗尔写了混成词的概念。

We have British writer Lewis Carroll to thank for linking the word “portmanteau” to blend words in English.

我们要感谢英国作家刘易斯·卡罗尔，他把“portmanteau”一词与英语中的混合词联系起来。

He shifted the position of his two portmanteaus, or placed them on the seat as if he was getting ready to leave.

不停挪动自己两只旅行箱的位置，干脆将其放在座位上，似乎马上他就会离开。

One portfolio in his portable portmanteau held the documents about the plan.

他轻便旅行皮箱里的一公文包里放着这计划的有关文件。

Let's look at some common portmanteaus.

让我们来看一些常见的混成词。

You brought your adoration and your portmanteau here together.

你把你的崇拜和你的混成词带到了这里。

This portmanteau means the age in between childhood and the teenage years, or around 10 to 12 years old.

这混成词的意思是童年和青少年之间的年龄，者大约 10 到 12 岁。

Consider the rise of 'glocalization', a portmanteau of globalization and localization.

考虑一下“全球本地化”的兴起，它是全球化和本地化的混合体。

He took out of his portmanteau a framed picture, carefully wrapped up.

他从皮箱里拿出一张镶框的照片，小心翼翼地包好。