mongrel是什么意思_mongrel怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin;"the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"

an inferior dog or one of mixed breed

中英词源

mongrel 杂种狗

来自Proto-Germanic*mangjan,揉，捏，来自PIE*mag,揉，捏，词源同make,mingle,among.-rel,贬义后缀，缩写自-erel,小词后缀。字面意思即捏在一起的，用于指杂种狗。

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.

词态变化

复数 mongrels;

权威造句

1. The dog, an ungainly mongrel pup, was loping about the road.: 那只丑陋的杂种幼犬在马路上到处乱跑。

2. The mongrel presented his muzzle for scratching.: 那只杂种狗张嘴要伤人。

3. The English word " television " is a mongrel because " tele " comes from Greek and " vision " from Latin.: 英语 television 是个语源混杂的词,因为 tele 来自希腊文,vision来自拉丁文.

4. " Nah, " my dad said,"she"s just a mongrel bitch. ": “ 不行 ”,我爸说, “ 她不过是一条杂种母狗罢了 ”

5. Right, you"re that little mongrel I fetch here sometimes.: 哦,对了, 你就是那个小屁孩我见过你几次.

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