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
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The half-caste gave him a sidelong glance . 混血儿斜眼瞧了他一下。
2.
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。
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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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