mongrel

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/    美 /ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/|/ˈmɑŋ.ɡɹəl/|/ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything of mixed kind.; A dog with a lineage of two or more breeds. derogatory,often
    — That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!
  2. Anything of mixed kind.; A person of mixed race. derogatory,ethnic,offensive,often,slur
    — The natives of Banda are very much mixed, and it is probable that at least three-fourths of the population are mongrels, in various degrees of Malay, Papuan, Arab, Portuguese, and Dutch. The first two form the bases of the larger portion, and the dark skins, pronounced features, and more or less frizzly hair of the Papuans preponderates.
  3. A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,slang
    — "Yanto bloody Evans!" Jack stuttered with rage. "Yanto bloody Evans! That... that... bloody mongrel! D'you know who he is? He's the one who knocked me back for a bit of extra timber before the roof fell in on me!"
  4. An erect penis; an erection. Australia,slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel. not-comparable
    — English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of that language.

词形变化

mongrels plural

词汇关系

衍生词
mongreldom mongrelhood mongrelisation mongrelise mongrelish mongrelism mongrelity mongrelization mongrelize mongrelly mongrelness
相关词
among

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix; mixture”).
词源 2
From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix; mixture”).
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