a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual" has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
a composite of mixed origin;"the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"
(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species;"a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
Adjective:
produced by crossbreeding
中英词源
hybrid 杂种，杂交
来自拉丁语hybrida,家猪和野猪杂交的后代。引申词义杂种，杂交。
hybrid (n.)
c. 1600, from Latin hybrida, variant of ibrida "mongrel," specifically "offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar," of unknown origin but probably from Greek and somehow related to hubris. A rare word before c. 1850. The adjective is attested from 1716.
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词态变化
复数 hybrids;
权威造句
1. A mule is a hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse.
骡子是公驴和母马交配而生的杂种动物。
来自《权威词典》
2. Reviewing courts were among the most active proponents of hybrid rulemaking procedures.
复审法院是最积极的混合型规则制定程序的建议者.
来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
3. Indeed, experience with the legislatively imposed hybrid procedures has not been encouraging.
的确, 立法规定的混合型程序的经历并不令人感到鼓舞.
来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
4. These compromise procedures were generally described as " hybrid rulemaking. "
这些妥协的程序一般波形容为: 混合型规则制定 ".
来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
5. Air-entraining agent increases impermeability of hybrid fiber concrete.
