metis

n. 混血儿

发音

/meɪˈtiː/
/ˈmiːtɪs/
/meɪˈtiːs/

词形变化

metisse

别名

métis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person of mixed-race ancestry.

  2. 2.

    Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”).

    加拿大 美国
  3. 3.

    A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.

    美国
  4. 1.

    Practical intelligence; street smarts.

    不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of mixed heritage

    混血儿

  2. 2.

    Of Métis heritage.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

mixed-blood

词源

Borrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin to mestizo, which came from Spanish. More at Metis.

来源：wiktionary