The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a

The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word is called ( ).
A、conversion
B、blending
C、compounding
D、clipping
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：blending是通过合并两个词的某些部分或一个词与另外一个词的一部分相加起来构成新词。