Casta

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The institutionalized system of racial and social stratification in 17th-century Mexico.

  2. 2.

    Variety, in reference to and in names of Portugal grapes or wine.

词源

From Spanish and Portuguese casta (“lineage; breed; race”), either from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts) or a derivative of Latin castus (“pure”).

来源:wiktionary