单词 | mongrelize |
释义 | mongrelize[ muhng-gruh-lahyz, mong- ] / ˈmʌŋ grəˌlaɪz, ˈmɒŋ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mongrelize ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), mon·grel·ized, mon·grel·iz·ing.to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior. to mix the kinds, classes, types, characters, or sources of origin of (people, animals, or things). to make debased or impure: The French they speak is mongrelized. Also especially British, mon·grel·ise . Origin of mongrelizeFirst recorded in 1620–30; mongrel + -ize OTHER WORDS FROM mongrelizemon·grel·i·za·tion, nounmon·grel·iz·er, nounWords nearby mongrelizeMongolic, mongolism, Mongoloid, mongoose, mongrel, mongrelize, mongst, Mongu, monial, monic, Monica Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for mongrelizemongrelize mongrelise/ (ˈmʌŋɡrəˌlaɪz) / verb(tr) to make mixed or mongrel in breed, race, character, kind, etc Derived forms of mongrelizemongrelization or mongrelisation, nounmongrelizer or mongreliser, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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