1. 1混血(極冒犯的舊稱,尤其指白人與美洲原住民;不要用)

    This is a very offensive word for a person whose parents are of different . In older American English it was used especially of someone with one white parent and one Native American parent, as if a human were an animal “breed.” Do not use it, even if you hear it in an old film or a history book. The harm is in the word itself, not only in a rude tone of voice. Say mixed-race or , or — better — name the person’s actual background if they are happy to share it.

core核心畫面

組成half- + breed.

同家族的字

  • halfthe prefix meaning one of two parts
  • breeda type or line of living things — the animal sense is why this word is so cruel about people

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Half-Breednoun

  • 1

    A member of the Half-Breeds, a former Republican political party during the Gilded Age.

half-breednoun

  • 1

    offensivederogatoryslurdatedA person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).

    • Except for a few half-breeds in the town, there are no native Christians in the island of Timor.
    • It was at Para also that we engaged Gomez and Manuel, two half-breeds from up the river, just come down with a cargo of redwood.
  • 2

    A hybrid animal or plant.

half-breedadj

  • 1

    offensivederogatorydatedhaving dual heritage; having mixed racial parentage or ancestry

  • 2

    Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits

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