“A hot dog” is by no means a dog that is hot, but a typical Amer

“A hot dog” is by no means a dog that is hot, but a typical American sausage in between two pieces of bread. This example illustrates the（） features of compounds.
A、phonetic
B、semantic
C、linguistic
D、grammatical
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：本题考查复合词的语义特点。每个复合词应表达一个单一的观念，就如同一个单词一样。例如： green hand不是绿色的手，而是新手；red meat 不是红肉，而是“牛羊肉” ；hot dog 热狗香肠不是热的狗。