mongrel
英 ['m??gr(?)l]
美['m??ɡr?l]
- n. 雜種；混血兒；雜種動物
- adj. 雜種的；混血兒的
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?mongrels;
中文詞源
mongrel 雜種狗
來自Proto-Germanic*mangjan,揉，捏，來自PIE*mag,揉，捏，詞源同make,mingle,among.-rel,貶義后綴，縮寫自-erel,小詞后綴。字面意思即捏在一起的，用于指雜種狗。
英文詞源
- mongrel
- mongrel: [15] The etymological notion underlying mongrel is of a ‘mixture’. For the word goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *mong- ‘mix’, which also produced English among and mingle [14].
=> among, mingle - mongrel (n.)
- late 15c., "mixed-breed dog," from obsolete mong "mixture," from Old English gemong "mingling" (base of among), from Proto-Germanic *mangjan "to knead together" (see mingle). With pejorative suffix -rel. Meaning "person not of pure race" is from 1540s. As an adjective from 1570s.
雙語例句
- 1. The dog, an ungainly mongrel pup, was loping about the road.
- 那只丑陋的雜種幼犬在馬路上到處亂跑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The mongrel presented his muzzle for scratching.
- 那只雜種狗張嘴要傷人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The English word " television " is a mongrel because " tele " comes from Greek and " vision " from Latin.
- 英語 television 是個語源混雜的詞,因為 tele 來自希臘文,vision來自拉丁文.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. " Nah, " my dad said,'she's just a mongrel bitch. "
- “ 不行 ”,我爸說, “ 她不過是一條雜種母狗罷了 ”
來自百科語句
- 5. Right, you're that little mongrel I fetch here sometimes.
- 哦,對了, 你就是那個小屁孩我見過你幾次.
來自電影對白