mongrel
noun[C]
uk/ˈmʌŋ.ɡrəl/us/ˈmʌŋ.ɡrəl/adogwhoseparentsare of differentbreeds
杂种狗Synonyms
cur(DOG)literary
mutt(DOG)mainlyUS
Canines (dogs)
- Afghan hound
- Alsatian
- American cocker spaniel
- basset hound
- beagle
- Dobermann
- dog
- doggie day care
- doggy
- doodle
- man's best friendidiom
- mastiff
- mutt
- Newfoundland
- oodle
- sniffer dog
- spaniel
- St Bernard
- terrier
- tracker dog
mongrel
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˈmʌŋ.ɡrəl/us/ˈmʌŋ.ɡrəl/used todescribesomething ofmixedorigin:
杂种的,来源混杂的SomepeoplecallEnglisha mongrellanguagebecause it is amixtureofoldGermanandFrench.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 ofsomethingidiom
- alphabet soup
- assorted
- assortment
- biodiverse
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- hybridize
- hybridized
- it takes all sorts (to make a world)idiom
- non-segregated
- odds and ends
- of every stripe/of all stripesidiom
- panoply
- patchwork
- syncretism
- this
- this and thatidiom
- variety is the spice of lifeidiom
- variously