miscegenation
英 [,mɪsɪdʒɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,mɪsɪdʒə'neʃən]
- n. 种族混合；杂婚
中文词源
miscegenation 混种，混血儿
来自拉丁语miscere,混合，词源同mix,-gen,生育，词源同gene,generate.即混血儿。
英文词源
- miscegenation
- miscegenation: see mix
- miscegenation (n.)
- "interbreeding of races," 1864, coined irregularly in American English from Latin miscere "to mix" (see mix (v.)) + genus "race" (see genus).
双语例句
- 1. It was only in 1967 that the United States finally struck down its anti miscegenation laws.
- 直到1967年,美国才废除了反种族通婚的法律.
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