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half-caste是什么意思

时间:2022-02-26 21:57:43

中文翻译与英英解释

n.,adj.
欧亚混血儿(的);混血儿(的)。

an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures

Half-caste is a category of people of mixed race or ethnicity.Memidex/WordNet It is derived from the term Caste], which comes from the Latin castus, meaning pure, and the derivative Portuguese and Spanish casta, meaning race.

例句与用法

The half-caste gave him a sidelong glance .
混血儿斜眼瞧了他一下。

Of course if i'd had any sense i'd have married a malay girl and had half a dozen half-caste kids .
当然,我要是有头脑的话,就会娶一个马来姑娘,生上六、七个混血儿。

The half-caste engineer begged and pleaded to stop the engine for half an hour in order to cool it and attend to the water circulation .
混血轮机手再三要求,让机器停下半个小时,等稍微冷却以后,检修一下水循环系统。

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