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.