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quarter-breed

/kwawr-ter-breed/US // ˈkwɔr tərˌbrid //

四分种,四分种的,四分染色体,四分种动物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Disparaging and Offensive.

    • : a contemptuous term used to refer to a person with one white grandparent, especially a person of American Indian ancestry.

Examples

  • Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.

  • The attempt to “breed back” the Auroch of Teutonic legend was of a piece with the Nazi obsession with racial purity and eugenics.

  • By contrast, John McCain, the eventual GOP nominee, had raised approximately $12.7 million in the first quarter of 2007 alone.

  • A male and female who do most of the mating dominate packs, and younger subordinates only breed occasionally.

  • So I went home—we only lived about a quarter mile away—and I got on my bicycle and rode back, and he was in the donut shop.

  • At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.

  • Kum Kale has been a brilliant bit of work, though I fear we have lost nearly a quarter of our effectives.

  • Almost one-quarter of the total supply printed has been placed in circulation.

  • This Peal (by the Rules aforesaid) may be Rang with any whole hunt, half hunt, and quarter hunt.

  • He could go and live over in the Latin Quarter—that 's the desire of his heart—and think of nothing but old bottles.