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.
双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The mongrel presented his muzzle for scratching.
那只杂种狗张嘴要伤人。
来自柯林斯例句
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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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 ”
来自百科语句
5. Right, you're that little mongrel I fetch here sometimes.