词汇 | mongrel |
释义 | mongrel noun[ C ] uk /ˈmʌŋ.ɡrəl/ us /ˈmʌŋ.ɡrəl/ a dog whose parents are of different breeds杂种狗 Synonyms cur(DOG)literary mutt(DOG)mainly US Canines (dogs) Affenpinscher Afghan hound Airedale terrier Akita Alaskan Malamute English cocker spaniel English setter English springer spaniel fennec fox fox terrier Pekinese Pembroke Welsh corgi Perro de Presa Canario Peruvian Inca Orchid Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Slovenský Kopov Slovenský Čuvač Small Münsterländer smooth fox terrier sniffer dog mongrel adjective disapprovinguk /ˈmʌŋ.ɡrəl/ us /ˈmʌŋ.ɡrəl/ used to describe something of mixed origin: 杂种的,来源混杂的 Some people call English a mongrel language because it is a mixture of old German and French.有些人称英语为混种语言,因为英语原来是由古德语和古法语混合而成的。 Variety and mixtures all manner of somethingidiom alphabet soup assorted assortment biodiverse hotchpotch hybridize hybridized it takes all sorts (to make a world)idiom jumble odds and ends of every stripe/of all stripesidiom panoply patchwork polycentric this this and thatidiom variety is the spice of lifeidiom variously wide choice mongrel | American Dictionarymongrel noun[ C ] us/ˈmɑŋ·ɡrəl, ˈmʌŋ-/(infmlmutt) a dog of mixed breed Examples of mongrelmongrel The dedication to yet another piece of mongrel theory led to yet another piece of nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At this moment we are working under a kind of mongrel system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it to be a legislative mongrel all its life? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As we know, high bred dogs usually have grave disadvantages and a good working dog often has to have a mongrel strain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all mongrel, descended from generations and waves of migration over the years—and here is another entering our debate now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day there is a tendency amongst the general public to buy a pedigree dog instead of a mongrel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The point that affects all of us is the great number of mongrel dogs that are running about the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are more mixed lots, more mongrel lots. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The inspection of bulls will remain so that bulls of the mongrel or nondescript kind would not get licences in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The more mongrel breeds seem to be more immune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest that the political dogma is mongrel political dogma. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All this demonstrates that we are a mongrel race in these islands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They feel that by so doing they are keeping down the number of mongrel dogs bred; little puppies get about causing a great deal of damage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You get, therefore, a sort of half-bred member; you might even call him a quarter-bred member; anyhow a mongrel member who does not really know whom he represents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A mongrel would be much more effective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of mongrel These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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